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TIL Jesus Christ is mentioned in the Qur'an five times more often than Muhammad

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yVJN8 TIL that Stonehenge was restored and the stones were re-erected multiple times
DQw4v TIL in 1958 singer Ross Bagdasarian began playing with the speed function on a tape recorder, speeding it up to make high pitched voices. Using overdubbing and performing all the voices, he came up with "The Chipmunks" which sold millions that Christmas.
6k77 TIL in 1988 a one-eyed pilot landed a Boeing 737 on a narrow grass levee after dual engine failure. No one was seriously injured. The plane was repaired at the site of the landing, and remained in service until December, 2016.
wLvJo TIL that the Earth was shown to be curved, and how big, as early as ancient Egypt.
wvXJ TIL that Alexander Fleming predicted the rise antibiotic resistance in his 1945 Nobel Prize speech