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TIL that the Bible mentions powerful, sinful giants known as the “Nephilim”, who are the children of fallen angels and mortal women.

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N8W8 TIL that John R. Fox deliberately called for artillery fire on his own position, after his position was overrun, in order to defeat a German attack in the vicinity of Sommocolonia, northern Italy during World War II.
ROj1 TIL citizens in the United States can give up their citizenship at any time, becoming stateless.
KOQ79 TIL when a persistent Washington DC bookstore clerk exposed Stephen King as the true author of books written under the name Richard Bachman, King's publishers sent out a press release announcing Bachman's death from "cancer of the pseudonym."
6EYxW TIL NASA has won two Emmy Awards for Interactive Programming. NASA was awarded for its coverage of Mars InSight in 2018, and for its coverage of the SpaceX Demonstration Mission-1 in 2019.
XEMNP TIL London has Victorian temperance cabbie shelters that are still in use