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TIL According to the Bible, Moses was born out of incest: his mother Jochebed was the aunt of his father Amram (Exodus 6:20)

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kOYX4 TIL that Halo was supposed to be a Mac exclusive game, and Steve Jobs even announced it at MacWorld in 1999. After that presentation, Microsoft ended up buying out Bungie Studios and made it a Xbox exclusive because they saw the potential in it.
JGxk TIL In 1994 Michael Crichton simultaneously topped the charts for film (Jurassic Park), television (ER), and book sales (Disclosure).
vPDn7 TIL of Timothy Buck— general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada from 1929-1962. Buck was one of the top leaders of the Communist International, and his closest election victory in becoming a Member of Parliament came in 1945, receiving 26.15% of the vote and coming 3rd place in his riding.
DQKpD TIL that the movie character Raymond from the Academy Award winning movie Rain man was based on real life savant, Kim Peek. He could simultaneously read the left side and right side pages of a book at the same time and had complete memory of over 12,000 books.
G8Wg TIL Spock’s ‘Live long and prosper’ hand signal is ancient Jewish symbol Leonard Nimoy remembers seeing as a boy.