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TIL of F.D.C Willard, known for being the first Cat to co-author a Physics paper.

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p8k5N TIL Ethiopia adopted Christianity in 330 AD, just 17 years after the Roman empire. Despite the rise of Islam, fall of the Byzantine Orthodox Church, and being cut off from all other Christians for centuries Ethiopia remained Christian. They remain the only majority Orthodox Christian African nation.
Z8Ap TIL While filming “The Shining”, Danny Lloyd (Danny) thought he was filming a drama. He didn’t realize it was a horror film until he was 13, and he didn’t see the movie in its entirety until he was 17.
4JPw TIL in the 18th century many prominent voices were concerned by an ‘epidemic’ affecting young people whereby they were spending too much time reading books. It was diagnosed as 'a dangerous disease’ called 'reading rage, reading fever, reading mania or reading lust.’
pr7G TIL the Romans never actually fed ANY Christians to Lions; that was made up to propagate the myth that Christians were persecuted.
xVyJD TIL about Ten Cent Beer Night, a MLB promotion on June, 4, 1974, between the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers, at Cleveland Stadium, leading to a riot between the teams and fans. Cleveland’s manager sent his team on to the field, with bats, in order to protect the Texas team from drunken fans.