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TIL Cathode-ray tubes, the technology behind old TVs and monitors, were in fact particle accelerators that beamed electrons into screens to generate light and then images

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rR4Ow TIL Cyril of Alexandria claimed that “camel” is a Greek misspelling in the phrase “it’s easier for a camel to thread the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter heaven.” He claimed camel was actually “kamilos,” meaning rope.
xj7B TIL that MiraLAX contains an industrial-strength anti-fungicide, insecticide, and germicide strong enough to preserve wood beams, railroad ties, and electrical poles and is pretty nasty for your CNS.
l0mV TIL that new Economics PhDs have a 0% unemployment rate
4k1N TIL that the “born of a virgin” prophecy in the Old Testament was actually an improper translation. The original text actually read “young woman” not “virgin.”
yjWV TIL the Harlem Globetrotters had a 8,829 game win streak, ended in 1995 vs Kareem Abdul-Jabbars all star team.