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TIL that the sexual lubricant Astroglide was invented by a rocket scientist

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4kdp5 TIL: America considers Jesus to be white because a Lebanese man, George Shishim, arguing for his citizenship in federal court in 1909 said that, “If I am a Mongolian, then so was Jesus, because we came from the same land.”
R5BP7 TIL Vincent Van Gogh originally planned to become a minister. As a missionary in a poor Belgian mining town, he gave away his nice lodgings to a homeless person and moved into a small hut where he slept on straw. This caused the church to dismiss him for "undermining the dignity of the priesthood."
M7LnA TIL in 1998, Gerald Blanchard parachuted onto an Austrian castle at night to steal the jewel "Star of Empress Sisi." He swapped it with a gift shop replica, and the theft wasn’t noticed for 2 weeks. His bold stunt and attention to detail made it one of the most daring heists in modern history.
dLO7 TIL that mushrooms can create a slight breeze even when the air is calm. They release water vapour, cooling the air and creating a convective current that gets the air moving, carrying spores away from the parent.
AD8Ma TIL, blues musician Robert Johnson built a homemade guitar by mounting nails on a building as his first guitar to play music on. It had only three strings, and used a bottle as a bridge.