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TIL in 1977, a woman in New Mexico saw a burn mark in her tortilla that looked like the face of Jesus. She then built and ran the "Shrine of the Miracle Tortilla" until 2006 when the tortilla was dropped and broken during show-and-tell at a local elementary school.

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1aWBO TIL that Soviet Armenian swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan was finishing a 12-mile run when he heard a bus crash into the water. He dove down 33 ft, and rescued 20 people, 1 at a time. He is an 11-time World Record holder, 17-time World Champion, 13-time European Champion and 7-time USSR Champion.
bj7 TIL that a St. Bernard who served in World War II would take the bus alone to round up his crewmates for duty or curfew.
ZpKEa TIL On April 1, 1945, the Battle of Okinawa was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by the United States Army and Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. This invasion was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
wabY TIL that you legally can’t die in the Palace of Westminster if you’re a commoner. Your death is recorded as having taken place at St Thomas’s Hospital.
Oo8yR TIL that Kingdom Hearts began as a conversation between two Square Enix producers who joked that the only way they can design a game that can surpass Super Mario in recognition is to use Disney characters. This conversation was overheard by none other than Tetsuya Nomura.