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TIL that the founder of Israel was an Atheist

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8ab9V TIL about Pedro Alonso Nino, a Black-Spanish explorer who piloted The Santa Maria on Columbus’s first voyage to America. He comes from the famed Nino Brothers. The La Niña, another of Columbus ships was actually owned by Pedro’s brother, Juan.
oRvyK TIL that there is actually an esport for Microsoft Excel. competitive spreadsheet making
WbbL TIL it’s illegal to “pursue, shoot, shoot at, poison, wound, kill, capture, trap, collect, molest or disturb” a bald eagle in the US
584k TIL DMX was arrested in 2004 when he crashed his SUV through an airport gate and told the attendant to let him leave because he was a government agent. When she refused, he tried to hijack a nearby car by identifying himself as an FBI agent.
mx1Kx TIL The bony-eared assfish has the smallest known brain-to-body mass ratio of all vertebrates