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TIL Following the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem Jews were once again allowed to live and practice their religion in Jerusalem for the first time since the Byzantines expelled them.

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GALmj TIL Venus spins backwards compared to most of the other planets . It spins or rotates in the opposite direction that Earth rotates. This means that on Venus the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east. On Earth the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
jWmQ TIL that “The Legend of Zelda” creator based the character Link on the Walt Disney version of Peter Pan – both characters had green tunics, pointy ears, and no parents, and both were accompanied by sassy fairies.
v1avj TIL There are three types of dashes. A hyphen (-) connects compound works, like Anglo-Saxon. The En-Dash (–) is used when showing a type of distance or range, like Mon–Fri. The Em-Dash (—) is used to add a thought into a sentence, like "I memorized the state capitals — all fifty of them."
gYKW TIL that cost of college textbooks has risen 812 percent since 1978, far outpacing the rise in costs for medical services and home prices in USA.
6jQX TIL that after Bill Murray’s character in the 2001 film Osmosis Jones mentioned a fictitious “National Chicken Wing Festival” in Buffalo, New York, the city created a real version of the festival, and has held it every year since then.