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TIL Mary, mother of Jesus is mentioned in the Quran more than in the Bible.

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d8y79 TIL: Long periods of isolation without sunlight creates 'time-shifting' effects on the mind to the point of sleep-wake cycles being doubled.
8eeO4 TIL That "Barker’s Beauties," the models on The Price is Right, did not have contracts, but were were rehired on a week-to-week basis to keep their salaries low.
N7688 TIL an average cloud weighs over 1 million pounds
LkWlV TIL that the US and New Zealand are the only countries in the world where direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs is legal
69MYQ TIL that Andrée de Jongh, the mastermind that led the Comet Line during WWII, was saved from execution because Gestapo officers did not believe that such a small young girl could lead such an operation. The network, consisting of mainly young women, smuggled shot down airmen from Belgium to Spain.