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TIL Dogecoin is worth more than Vietnam’s national currency

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kJa7W TIL of anchorites, medieval Christian ascetics who were walled into a cell ("anchorhold") attached to a church for their entire adult lives. Through small windows, they received sustenance, disposed of waste, and provided spiritual guidance to the public.
Y9dZ TIL during a 1964 hoax, a Swedish journalist exhibited paintings done by a chimpanzee under the name Pierre Brassau. The journalist was testing whether critics could tell the difference between true avant-garde modern artwork and a chimp’s work. They could not, and in fact, praised the works
4rew TIL that the classing ‘Kong’ dog toy is so called because a friend of the creator thought it looked like 'An earplug for King Kong’
Br0Ax TIL that a Utah lawyer started a free service making it easier for Mormons to resign their church membership. Thousands have taken him up on it.
9o4B TIL that, by using astronomy, we have guessed the date that Odysseus took back the throne of Ithaca as described in Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’: April 16th, 1178 B.C.