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TIL that the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is one of the oldest Christian churches in the world and officially adopted Christianity in the 4th century way before colonialism.

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QNJ6X TIL When AIDS patient Steve Pieterson was interviewed by Tammy Faye Baker on her program House Party With Tammy Faye he had a prognosis of approximately 6 months to live having been diagnosed in 1982. He's still alive today.
RQE7 TIL that in the 1960’s, for fear of having their submarine communication cables cut by the Soviets, the US military sent 480,000,000 copper needles into space to secure their communications infrastructure. The needles acted as a mirror for radio waves, enabling communication between distant sites.
x6MNw TIL the Royal Navy captured a Brazilian slave ship in 1827, renamed her after an old English folk song, (that also happened to be the name of an English slave ship in the 1700s), and assigned it to fight against the slave trade.
nWgkP TIL: In the 80’s an Indian factory leaked toxic gas which floated to the nearby slums and killed thousands.
grjQA TIL That many competitive Scrabble players quit playing competitively after hundreds of “offensive” words were banned, including racial slurs, sexuality and gender insults.