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TIL that Mary is the only woman mentioned in the Quran by name, 34 times.

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epZog TIL almost all of the early cryogenically preserved bodies were thawed and disposed of after the cryonic facilities went out of business
jNwnv TIL in 1985, Ryan White was refused re-entry to his school due to him having AIDS. 117 Parents and 50 teachers petitioned for his ban. People even cancelled their subscriptions as White was the paperboy and they believed they would be infected via newsprint.
8aJy4 TIL that Portugal’s 1974 Eurovision entry “E Depois do Adeus” (“And After The Farewell”) by Paulo de Carvalho was a secret signal to the rebels to begin the Carnation Revolution which overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo regime.
4XV0b TIL Sofia Coppola wrote the lead of Lost in Translation, for Bill Murray. She didn't know him, spent a year trying to track him down, including asking random people who knew him through golf. Eventually she showed him the script, but he didn’t commit. She flew to Japan to film not sure if he’d show.
7rdrZ TIL "Yankee Doodle" was written by the British to mock americans. "Doodle" is thought to come from the German "dödel", meaning "fool" or "simpleton" and "macaroni," a flamboyantly stylish type of dress, painting the Yankees as morons who thought placing a feather in one's cap made them a "dandy."