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woGN1 TIL Cyrus Cylinder is considered one of the earliest expressions of the concept of human rights. The text contains a declaration made by Cyrus the Great and proclaims his policy of religious tolerance and repatriation of displaced peoples, particularly Jews, following his conquest of Babylon.
x6505 TIL the final role of Orson Welles’ career came as a Voice Over actor in the 1986 film, Transformers: The Movie.
aJ1M TIL that the Bahá'í Faith is a religion that focuses on unity of all humankind and sees diversity in race and culture as something worthy of appreciation, that all religions believe in the same one God, but each divine prophet (Jesus, Buddha, Moses…) made a religion best suited to its people
X0XR TIL when you see something for the first time then start to see it everywhere, it is called the ‘Baader-Meinhof phenomenon’.
m1PEY TIL Barbara Streisand and Katherine Hepburn tied for Best Actress Oscar in 1969 - meaning they both won an Oscar for Best Actress - the only time a tie occurred in this category.