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TIL Jesus wasn’t necessarily a carpenter. The word Tekton (root of technology, technical) was translated to carpenter, but means more generally a skilled maker or builder in various mediums.

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kOr6d TIL: In the United States the reason voting takes place on a Tuesday is in 1845 it could take rural farmers up to a day of travelling by horse and cart to get to a voting station. Wednesday was typically market day and Sunday was the Biblical Sabbath so Tuesday was chosen to allow ample travel time.
j6GQn TIL there are no hereditary knighthoods in the UK anymore. The only hereditary nobles left are about 900 peers and about 1200 baronets.
p86Gb TIL about the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis, a clinical study on African American men where they went deliberately untreated by medical professionals as part of a 40-year experiment by the US Public Health Service. Cited as "arguably the most infamous biomedical research study in U.S history"
QNVRa TIL During the Carnian Pluvial Event, it is believed that Earth experienced a period of intense rainfall that lasted for approximately 1 to 2 million years, significantly altering the climate and ecosystems of the time. This event contributed to the rise of dinosaurs and the extinction of many other
7Ogp TIL Army PFC LaVena Johnson’s 2005 death at a base in Balad, Iraq was ruled a “suicide.” She had a broken nose, black eye, loose teeth, burns from corrosive chemicals on her genitals and a gunshot wound.