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TIL the Great Mosque of Paris sheltered Jews during the Holocaust and supplied them with Muslim identity certificates

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9YOXB TIL that Jennings Lang, the guy behind the 1970's Airport movies, had an affair with actress Joan Bennett. When her husband found out in 1951 he fired a gun in to his testicles.
VBwEB TIL the earliest recorded murder occurred 430,000 years ago. The murder victim suffered two penetrating fractures on the forehead's left side and was found at the bottom of a 43-foot (13-meter) shaft
16BJ4 TIL that Abe Lincoln's son represented Robert E Lee's son in a Supreme Court Case to reclaim Arlington Cemetery as Lee Jr's personal home; he shortly thereafter sold it right back to the US Gov't. The wiki chain was Band of Brothers author Stephen Ambrose -> Historian Hesseltine -> Wash/Lee Uni
Qa49 TIL of the clergy letter project. Over 13,000 Christian clergy have signed an open letter affirming that evolution and god can coexist.
wLkMo TIL Sheep smell different after they are sheered and do not recognize each other afterward