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TIL According to Biblical Scholars Rebecca was Three Years Old When She Got Engaged and Six When She Married Isaac

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4X1b6 TIL Loki got piped by a horse.
R51pw TIL Sweden's main battle tank during the Cold War didn't have a turret. The Stridsvagn 103's autoloading cannon ran almost the entire length of the vehicle and was traversed by engaging the tracks and elevated by adjusting the hull suspension.
4XRL5 TIL that the French duo Daft Punk got their name from a negative review they received from MelodyMaker magazine for a trio they were in before. A journalist wrote that the band Darlin's music was "a daft punky thrash". They found it funny, creating one of the most influential music acts of 90s & 00s
WM1B TIL a nuclear power station closer to the epicenter of the 2011 earthquake survived the tsunami unscathed because its designer thought bureaucrats were “human trash” and built his seawall 5 times higher than required.
nebMr TIL 52 years ago, the Dade County Sheriff's Office issued an arrest warrant for Jim Morrison, lead singer for the Doors. Morrison thought it was a practical joke, but later learned they added an additional charge for simulated oral copulation on guitarist, Robbie Krieger, during the concert.