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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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NXBl8 TIL the famous German airship Hindenburg, known for its fiery demise over Lakehurst, NJ in 1937, had a sister that was only used for German government operations.
QNMGe TIL that Texas is larger than any country in Europe. Not only that, if it were its own country, it would be 40th out of 193 in size.
nemQ7 TIL David Bleak, an Army Medic during the Korean War, reacted to an ambush by running into the trench, breaking one enemy's neck, crushing another's windpipe, then plunging his knife into the chest of a third. He then threw himself atop an American soldier to shield him from the blast of a grenade.
nwpW TIL that a campfire is significantly worse for your health than a cigarette, and some studies have shown that there may be 30x the amount of carcinogens in woodsmoke than tobacco smoke.
16wQ8 TIL the high five was invented in 1977