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TIL mincemeat doesn't actually have any meat in it at all! (And I've been missing out on a delicious fruity pie all my life because I thought it was a savory meat pie ????)

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rNd6e TIL in the earliest depictions of Jesus from the 3rd century, he was presented as a beardless man wearing Roman clothes
E1mgd TIL each state is allowed to donate two statues to be displayed in the US Capitol Building to honor persons notable in their history
VMkyG TIL according to research, there are four types of drunks: the Hemmingway, whose personality doesn't change a bit, the Mary Poppins, those who gets sweeter and happier, the Nutty Professor, who becomes more social, and the Mr. Hyde, who becomes more hostile and less responsible around booze.
Y7GaA TIL that the beehive hairstyle was also called the B-52 for its resemblance to the Boeing B-52 bomber’s nose. And the band the B-52’s chose that name because two of its members wore that hairstyle (Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson).
xVJ4B TIL about Wittgenstein's poker: During an argument, Ludwig Wittgenstein, brandishing a poker, challenged Karl Popper to name a single example of a moral rule, to which Popper replied 'not to threaten visiting lecturers with pokers'.