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TIL there is an attorney in Utah who processes resignations - free of charge, in any country - for Mormons to officially leave the church.

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nWnEb TIL pepperoni is an entirely American invention, first made in New York City in the late 1910s.
ADEDo TIL that after Hurricane Isaаc, an American Rеd Crоss official sent out 80 empty or near-empty trucks and emergеncy rеsponse vеhicles (ERVs) to drive around and look like they were giving reliеf - and after Hurricane Sаndy, 15 ERVs (40% of the available ERVs) were assіgned to publіc relаtions
wVV8 TIL Apple used ‘Carl Sagan’ as a codename for a computer in the 1990s. Carl Sagan sent Apple a cease-and-desist letter, and Apple changed the name to 'Butt-Head Astronomer’. Carl Sagan sued for libel and lost, and Apple changed the name to 'Lawyers are Wimps’.
GY8w7 TIL Britain prepared secret ‘Auxiliary Units’ tasked with guerrilla activities in case of a full scale invasion and would operate behind enemy lines to cause as much destruction as possible to German forces and had survival rates of just 12 days if activated and lived underground.
WkJvY TIL Steve Comisar sold 'Solar Powered Clothes Drier' in national magazines for $49.95 each. Customers received a length of ordinary clothesline.