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TIl that the body of water Moses parts in the Bible is actually “The Reed Sea”. Scholars are unsure if this refers to the Red Sea.

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kOnXe TIL that drinking tea is thought to have significant health benefits including reduced stress, improved focus & attention, and better memory
RD1l TIL the Nazis hated being called the Nazis. It was a derogatory term for a backwards peasant – being a shortened version of Ignatius, a common name in Bavaria, the area from which the Nazis emerged.
R18w TIL One of Columbus’s explorers was the first person to bring tobacco back into Europe. Because he could blow smoke out of his mouth, he was accused of being the devil and sent to jail for seven years by the Spanish Inquisition.
W7aZd TIL that the world record for pull-ups by a woman is held by an Australian woman who did over 7,000 pull ups in 24 hours (7,079) “Moving forward, this literally forces me to question everything that I don’t believe that I can do.”
VMZJ8 TIL that the most expensive new car ever sold is the Bugatti La Voiture Noire in 2019, which was sold at $18.7 million and its pretax price stands at €11 million or $12.3 million