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TIL that according to a latin translation of the bible, Moses had horns on his head. He is depicted with horns in a marble statue made by Michelangelo.

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N7wXP TIL whilst boarding a plane, an elderly passenger threw coins into one of the engines to ensure “good luck”. Plane mechanics later found nine coins at the site, including one inside the engine. The flight ended up taking off more than 5 hours late.
415R TIL that MIT students designed an application that will randomly generate a nonsense academic paper; one of these generated papers was actually accepted to the 2005 World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics.
RJ87 TIL German soldiers can disobey orders if they consider them to be inhumane
rX04 TIL Christianity is actually against boasting about contributing to charity. Jesus personally said that God would never reward someone who only does good in public in order to be ‘seen’ by others.
grn9y TIL Otou Katayama stopped speaking to his wife for 20 years because he was jealous of the attention she gave their children, he only communicated with her via grunts and noises.