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TIL Jesus personally said not to stand on street corners and in synagogues (churches) and pray, because only hypocrites do that and then only to get attention. (Matthew 6:6)

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0Z7L TIL there were four elite samurai in Japan during the Bakumatsu era, and they were considered undefeatable by normal people. They were called Hitokiri (Manslayers).
vgMR TIL on 3/11/08 a viewer asked Jim Cramer if he should worry about his investment in Bear Stearns. Cramer replied “No! No! No! Bear Stearns is not in trouble. If anything, they’re more likely to be taken over. Don’t move your money from Bear.” 3 days later it dropped 92%.
nWNbb TIL that the mortality rate of BBL's (Brazillian Butt Lifts) is 10 to 20 times higher than the average cosmetic procedure, and it has the highest death rate of any cosmetic procedure.
lEp7 TIL that Benjamin Franklin misspelled “Pennsylvania” on purpose when designing the state’s currency in order to thwart counterfeiters
W7kp4 TIL one of the biggest naval evacuations in history happened on 9/11, even bigger than Dunkirk.