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TIL The Quran does not explicitly forbid images of Muhammad

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OGDpa TIL of Joan Deebank, British Columbia's oldest high school graduate at 92 years old. In 1939, her parents forced her to drop out. She became a maid, served in the British Army, emigrated to Canada, and had four children before re-enrolling in an adult program
wLEj7 TIL that despite bringing in just $462 million at the box office, the 2006 movie "Cars" earned $10 billion in merchandise sales over the next 5 years
YpALG TIL Warren Buffett was rejected by Harvard because his interviewer determined his capabilities seemed inadequate, saying "Forget it. You’re not going to Harvard."
b9w47 TIL the “Great Depression” did not originally refer to 1929, but instead to an earlier depression in 1873, later renamed the “Long Depression”
VBENZ TIL That during the Colonial Era, Rhode Island rum joined gold as an accepted currency in Europe for a period of time