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TIL biblically accurate angels are very different from well-known description of the an angel - Old Testament depict one of them (Seraphim) as six-winged, flaming creature continuesly chanting "Holy, holy, holy" and the other (Ophanim) as pair of wheels with multiple eyes

0wjx1 TIL Native Americans were not considered citizens until 1922, and didn’t gain freedom of religion until 1978. Until the Religious Freedom Act was passed, many Native American religious practices were banned.
kbXB TIL The founder of FedEx saved his company from bankruptcy by going to Vegas, gambling it’s last $5000 on blackjack and winning $27.000 - enough to keep FedEx going for another week while it secured additional funds.
pnQQ TIL that the summer of 1816 is called “the year without summer” due several compounding earth events lowering Earth’s temperature and eliminating summer that year.
jNl8X TIL The original drummer of The Offspring became a gynecologist, and during the initial stages of a malpractice trial, he performed CPR and used a defibrillator to save the life of a potential juror. The judge had to declare a mistrial because the rest of the jury would likely be biased in his favor
alKZ TIL of Trial by ordeal which was an ancient judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused was determined by subjecting them to an unpleasant, usually dangerous experience. Classically, the test was one of life or death and the proof of innocence was survival.