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TIL the oldest wooden church in the world and the oldest wooden building in Europe is St. Andrew's in Greensted, Essex, England

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VdnQ Til that today is also the celebration of St Gertrude, the patron saint of cats, gardeners, and mental illness.
Vwok TIL that Mother Teresa’s supposed “miracle cure” of a woman’s abdominal tumor was not a miracle at all. The patient’s doctors and husband said she was cured because she took medicine for 9-12 months. “My wife was cured by the doctors and not by any miracle.”
PJvE TIL that the New London, CT police department was sued when it refused to hire an applicant it judged too smart to be a police officer.
GAgMj TIL Istanbul (Not Constantinople) was originally recorded in 1953 by the band The Four Lads. I also learned that I can't post the more contemporary band's name because it gets flagged as conjecture.
E1mxV TIL, The SS Great Eastern, a ship designed in 1854 by Isambard Kingdom Brunel once struck a rock, causing a 83ft long hole. The passengers never noticed. 58 years later a hole just half the size sunk the Titanic.