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TIL the original verse for the recipe of Ezekiel bread in the Bible says includes baking it over cow feces.

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9DaM TIL Netflix’s library is selected based on what’s popular on piracy sites.
Mm0b TIL the modern word ‘museum’ derives the same Latin term which literally means “a place where the Muses are worshiped”. In mythology, the Muses were the embodiment of all knowledge and inspiration related to literature, science, and the arts.
e0Rob TIL in 1848 entrepreneur James Lick arrived in San Francisco with 600 lbs of chocolate to sell. When all of his chocolate sold quickly, he urged his confectioner friend in Peru to come to San Francisco and start his own Chocolate company. That confectioner's name is Domingo Ghirardelli.
ddO9 TIL that Freddie Mercury had a throat infection at the time of Live Aid and was advised by his doctors to not risk performing at the festival. He defied their orders, and Queen’s set went down in history as one of the best performances that day.
7rXKZ TIL that 'Ndrangheta is the world's richest crime group. A 2013 study concluded the group's financial power exceeded that of Deutsche Bank and McDonald’s combined.