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TIL There is a Christian theme park in Argentina. With a robot jesus. That rises from the dead every hour.

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GAyBG TIL the Vinland Map, once believed to be a pre-Columbian map proving Vikings knew of North America before Columbus, was confirmed as a 20th-century forgery through advanced ink analysis and dating techniques.
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