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TIL that Thomas Jefferson created his own version of the Bible, using a razor to cut out the 'supernatural' parts, such as the miracles and the resurrection. Today, new members of Congress receive a copy upon election.

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8eJjK TIL that the reason UK Pubs had stupid names, was so the illiterate patrons could find them with the artwork.
nNx7 TIL that an English football team was about to hold a one minute silence for the passing of their oldest fan, which was abruptly ended when…….he walked on to the field
DQkKD TIL that on a TV debate program in November 1949 Senator Edwin Johnson of Colorado inadvertently blurted out the top-secret fact that the US government was considering development of the hydrogen bomb
LQrMr TIL In 2023, Anguilla’s government made about US$32 million from fees collected for registering .ai domains. That amounted to more than 10% of gross domestic product for the territory.
W7vZY TIL that advances in single-cell metabolomics have made it possible to reprogram the fate of cells. By altering the metabolites in a cell, scientists can change an epidermal cell into a neural cell and vice versa, offering potential breakthroughs in regenerative medicine.