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TIL: The New Testament in the Bible was originally written in Greek

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0w9vR TIL That chickens are used to detect diseases that spread via mosquito. They don’t get ill from the diseases and don’t develop high enough levels of the diseases to spread them, but the we can still check for the diseases in their blood. They are also called ‘Sentinel Chickens.’
6E8LJ TIL Because she supported the Civil Rights movement, the FBI created a fake story that actress Jean Seberg had cheated on her husband with a black man, the stress of the fake story caused her to go into labor premature and resulted in the death of her baby.
R7Pka TIL South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone went to the Oscars on acid and dressed as women.
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7eXM TIL that General Patton had a years long affair with his niece starting when she was 17 and continuing on through WWII