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TIL The earliest known image of Jesus is a drawing mocking a follower. The “blaspheme graffiti”

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R5wma TIL Legend of the Chambered is a game series created by Markus "Notch" Persson, the creator of Minecraft. Notch reused many item textures from the 2008 version of Legend of the Chambered in Minecraft.
OoBG7 TIL of Henry Darger, he worked as a janitor to a hospital and after his death people discovered by coincidence two long illustrated fantasy novels and another book. He wrote more than 30,000 pages without telling anyone.
R7951 TIL in 2008 Foo Fighters held a Charity concert for the HIV-denialist group "Alive&Well". In private footage Grohl is seen with founder of the organization Christine Maggiore and Shiflett speaking in support of the Organization. Maggiore died in 2008 of suspected AIDS-related pneumonia.
o1oE TIL that after he watched a Pepsi commercial humorously showcasing an AV-8 Harrier II jet for 7,000,000 Pepsi points, a man attempted to buy the $23 million dollar jet by saving 15 points, paying $10 for shipping and handling, and sending in a check for $700,008.50 (at $0.10/point).
X0ppk TIL In preparation for his role as “Bill the Butcher” in Gangs of New York (2002), Daniel Day-Lewis would often pick fights with strangers on the streets of Rome where the movie was filmed. The method acting, Day-Lewis said was “not so good for my physical or mental health”