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TIL that (one of) the oldest surviving depiction(s) of Jesus is a piece of graffiti from about 200 AD, mocking a man worshipping a figure on a cross with a donkey head.

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aeQA TIL a Georgia Tech student was accidentally sent 2 enrollment forms, he filled out both, creating a fictional man named George P. Burdell. The student did work for George and George graduated with a mechanical engineering degree.
E15Wd TIL athletes involved in the East German doping program are estimated to suffer from rates of cardiovascular disease or cancer up to five-times higher than the general population and live 10-12 years fewer
gy8L TIL that when we get nervous, we overestimate how much other people notice our anxiety, due to the “Illusion of Transparency”. Luckily, studies show that simply being aware of this cognitive bias can make you more confident.
alQy TIL that while working on Star Wars TFA, Carrie Fisher gave Daisy Ridley this piece of advice: “you should fight for your outfit. Don’t be a slave like I was.”
lgo5 TIL in 2007 a woman who only occasionally played an old game boy (for which Tetris was the only game she owned) on long car rides and plane flights broke the world record by 500 lines.