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TIL that the Filipino carpenter Ruben Enaje has been publicly crucified on Good Friday almost every year since 1986, only skipping 2020-2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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N76xJ TIL that before the Nintendo GameCube was released, one of the codenames for it were “Dolphin”
J8mB TIL The word “silhouette” derives from Étienne de Silhouette, French finance minister, whom imposed severe economic demands upon the French. Prior to the advent of photography, profiles cut from black card were the cheapest way of recording a person’s appearance. Therefore, the connection.
v1nBj TIL that while Icelanders usually have last names consisting of -son (son) or -dóttir (daughter) suffixed to their father's given name, non-binary Icelanders are now allowed to have gender-neutral last names using the suffix -bur (child) instead.
5V18R TIL President Woodrow Wilson was thought to have been dyslexic and didn't learn to read or write until after he was 10 years old.
XdvX TIL ‘God’ started as the god of weather & war in Canaan myth and was later promoted to the sole supreme being by an Israelite cult