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TIL The Shroud of Turin, the alleged linen cloth covering the burial of Jesus, was closely examined in 1988 in laboratories in Switzerland, England and the United States using carbon-14 dating techniques. The study concluded that it originated in the Middle Ages between 1260 and 1390.

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LxBp TIL that by 2012 the players of World of Warcraft had collectively spent about 6 million years worth of time playing the game, about as much time as humanity has spent evolving as a species
yQ6Ma TIL of Shennong, the Chinese God of Agriculture. Once a mortal man, he invented agriculture and travelled the world to eat every plant in existence to determine to his people which ones are edible, medicinal, and/or poisonous. He eventually poisoned himself, but his deeds raised him to Godhood
8aZJZ TIL pole dancing is a 1000 year old sport in India called Mallakhamba
9Y0JM TIL the moon is shaped like an egg!
9wKVB TIL that there is a town in Oregon named Boring. It’s humorously paired with the town of Dull, Scotland, and the village of Bland, Australia, to promote tourism in all three places.