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TIL the bible mentions unicorns 9 times.

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G8wE TIL there is a programming language called Malbolge, specifically designed to be almost impossible to use. When it was created it was so difficult to understand that it took two years for the first Malbolge program to appear.
m9vM TIL that to save money in taxes, Marvel successfully argued in court that the X-Men, and mutants in general, did not qualify as human, directly contradicting one of the main themes of the comics.
yQYVw TIL: In 1884, before there were ambulances for people in San Francisco, there was an ambulance for horses. It came to the aid of six in its first month of service.
XZNE TIL that although most Lassie spoofs are of her having saved Timmy from falling down a well, it never actually happened in the entire show history.
wLXL7 TIL Let it Snow doesn’t say one word about Christmas in its entire song. It was written in the summer by Sammy Cahn, after he was tired of the summer heat.