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TIL Jesus is referenced in the Quran, directly or indirectly, 187 times. Making him the most referenced person in the Quran.

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69R1W TIL, the 1996 Lake Huron Cyclone was a low pressure cyclonic storm which formed over Lake Huron in September of 1996.
mBXY TIL Blackbeard was actually only in his 30s when he was doing the pirate stuff (IE not an old man like in Pirates of the Caribbean)?
e0YpD TIL, the Brussel sprouts grown today taste better because they are genetically different. In the 1990's a Dutch research identified heirloom varieties that are less bitter and bred them to be tastier and have a higher yield.
YpgZW TIL a Peppa Pig episode was banned in Australia because it tells kids that “spiders can’t hurt you”
ONvX TIL that in 1909, the US built an Unsinkable “Concrete Battleship” in the Philippines