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TIL that Zeus (king of the ancient Greek gods) or Jupiter (the roman version) can be traced by to the indo-european Sky Father - Dyēus; who was worshipped in BC3900 in what became Ukraine

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gRJX TIL that a Pizza Hut manager during the Joplin tornado saved many lives by herding customers into a walk in freezer and bungee cording his arm to the freezer door before being sucked into the tornado and killed.
78J1P TIL During the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King had originally prepared a different speech than the one we know today. He departed from it after he heard singer Mahalia Jackson cry out: "Tell them about the dream, Martin!". He then partly improvised the now famous "I have a dream" speech.
aVkM TIL chewing on dense foods as children stimulates jaw growth & usually ensures room for adult teeth; however due to our modern soft diet stimulation does not occur causing stunted jaw growth, crowded teeth & the need for major orthodontic work in many people (compared to our ancient counterparts).
16gQW TIL The Kremlin is home to the Tsar Cannon, which was never fired, and the Tsar Bell, which has never been rung.
QNDYL TIL to his pique, but the merriment of his children, Winston Churchill found two of his cousins named on a list of arrested Nazi sympathisers