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TIL: In 2006 a lost Christian gospel was translated and read for the first time in over 1500 years. In The Gospel of Judas, Jesus says the Abrahamic God is an evil lesser God named Saklas that created humanity, but that there is a higher God named Barbelo that he is the Son of.

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oR977 TIL that “Hunt for Red October” was inspired by an actual defection attempt by Soviet naval mutineers in 1975. The mutineers seized a destroyer and made way for Sweden. The ship was bombed and disabled by the Soviets. The leader of the mutiny was quickly executed.
VBMb0 TIL that the 1972 videogame Pong by Atari, which was the first commercially successful videogame in history, was built entirely from analog circuitry. In other words, it didn’t make use of a single line of code
6Er6Y TIL there are glasses that can fix my colorblindness and im too terrified to try them.
a8YQ0 TIL El Salvador was ranked as one of the world's safest countries in 2023.
Q1Nd TIL that there’s a variation of The Three Wise Monkeys, the “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” monkeys covering their eyes, ears, and mouth(???). The variation contains a fourth monkey who covers its genitals to represent “do no evil”