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TIL there is more than one version of the holy Quran. While the current version was ‘Standardised’ in 1923, earlier manuscripts more recently discovered, show changes.

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kJxG4 TIL in 2016 film composer John Williams became the first person ever to be awarded the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award that wasn't an actor or director.
LwyZ TIL dogs feel most vulnerable when pooping so they look to their owners for protection, which often results in awkward staring.
b6ob4 TIL about James Shields, an American Politician who has the distinction of being the only person in U.S. history to serve as a Senator for three different states; he represented Illinois from 1849 to 1855, Minnesota from 1858 to 1859, and Missouri in 1879.
9Y8Mp TIL actors who play James Bond "give away their rights to wear a tuxedo in any other film" and that this was circumvented by Pierce Brosnan in The Thomas Crown Affair by wearing an unbuttoned shirt and a white bow-tie which wasn't tied around his neck.
oROd7 TIL that the Great Wall of China was not built as a single continuous wall, but rather as a series of walls and fortifications constructed by various dynasties over centuries. The most well-known sections were built during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).