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TIL There is a wikipedia article dedicated to people who have claimed to be Jesus

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1Ad8 TIL that a 30 mile giant eye in the Sahara Desert once served as a geographical landmark for astronauts.
OGBBe TIL there is a town in Northern Canada called "Ragged Ass Road" named after prospectors who would come home from the goldfields "ragged ass broke"
O8Va TIL when the French king Jean II was prisoner of the English, he was allowed to return to France to raise money for his ransom, leaving his son as a replacement hostage. When his son escaped, he voluntarily returned to England, citing reasons of “good faith and honor”.
oDdY TIL in 1985, a Colombian girl was trapped in a volcanic mudflow, and was trapped up to her waist. She was mostly alert and was interviewed. Knowing she would die, volunteers and rescuer did their best to comfort her. She died after 60 hours, and her photo became iconic.
nW6Qr TIL a woman named Chante Mallard hit an unhoused man named Gregory Biggs, lodging him in her windshield, alive. She drove home and parked in her garage where she let him suffer for days before dying. She was only caught months later because she talked about it at a party.