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

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b97ap TIL that a thriving industry exists in China solely for the purpose of 'dispelling mistresses'. Wives, for a price, enlist undercover agents to destroy relationships their husbands have embarked on with other women.
9YZm TIL that Gila Monsters don’t inject their venom but chew vigorously to stimulate the flow of venom from their teeth into the victim
BKLd TIL that during ‘Operation Focus’, the opening offensive airstrike of the 'Six-Day war’, the Israeli Air Force managed to destroy the entire Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian Air Forces in about 3 hours. Over 450 planes were destroyed, and 18 airfields were rendered unusable.
0D4M TIL that during WWII, King Christian X of Denmark was one of the only rulers of an occupied country who refused to go into exile for his own safety. He took daily rides through Copenhagen unattended to show he was not afraid.
VDKk TIL Denzel Washington’s character in Training Day is based on a real life LAPD officer named Rafael Perez, who is suspected of playing a role in the murder of the Notorious B.I.G.