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TIL that Jerry Sigel, the creator of Superman, was Jewish, and that the Superman story is full of Jewish metaphor.

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j4ep TIL in Kyoto, Japan there are five temples that have blood-stained ceilings. They use the floorboards from a castle where warriors killed themselves after holding off against an army for eleven days. You can still see footprints and outlines to this day.
v1bpx TIL A member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was denied the right to wear a colander in ID photos in Holland. Pastafarianism is considered a 'satire' and not a 'serious faith.'
boAp TIL There are SEVEN possible habitable planets for the continuation of human life been discovered to date.
d4jd TIL There is a 72-year-old Chinese grandfather who models teen girl clothing for an online retailer. And has the body for it.
4JDa TIL America was named the greatest threat to world peace, beating out all challengers by a wide margin, by a massive world opinion poll conducted by Win/Gallup in 2013