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TIL that treadmills were originally used as punishment for prisoners.

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jNvvX TIL: Gregory the Great- 6th Century Pope (and Saint) wrote of Mary Magdalene as a prostitute, despite there being no record of this in Scripture. Contemporary scholars agree that Mary Magdalene was likely an upper class woman who supported Jesus Christ- but not necessarily a prostitute.
XR0Q TIL the Simpsons were made yellow so when people were flipping through channels, they’d see a flash of yellow and know The Simpsons was on.
rRG1M TIL that Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull never took a lesson on flute and only started playing it a few months before recording Bouree. (He started relearning decades later after his daughter pointed out that he was doing it wrong.)
v1ROK TIL Brazilian Doctors are Experimenting with Using Tilapia Skin Instead of Human Skin Grafts for Treatment of Severe Burn Victims
p1oZ TIL that in the now-defunct Star Wars Expanded Universe, Chewbacca owes a life-debt to Han Solo because Han refused an order from the Imperial Navy to skin the Wookiee as punishment for commandeering a ship full of slaves. Han is dishonorably discharged for his insubordination.