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TIL the bible mentions unicorns 9 times.

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9bo6 TIL that the “Pinky Promise” originally indicated that the person who breaks the promise, must cut off their pinky finger
N7Ome TIL that the parachute was invented before the airplane
R55GQ TIL The Babcock father and son team constructed the first solar magnetograph, which allowed them to measure the general magnetic field of the sun. The son, Horace Babcock, was able to discover magnetic fields in more distant stars with his own invention
6PVl TIL that 3 black kids formed a protopunk band called DEATH, in 1971, whose music is only now being discovered.
5VMZQ TIL Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann was an accomplished youth swimmer in East Germany and shortlisted for the 1980 summer olympics in Moscow but a head injury ended his career.