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TIL that there is a depiction of the Prophet Muhammed showing his face on the US Supreme Court north wall frieze. He is depicted among other "great lawgivers" of history (like Hammurabi and Napoleon) and depicted with the Quran and a sword

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kOovW TIL that one man fathered nearly 500 children as a result of many men being dead or left unable to reproduce after World War One in postwar Britain
6E4k7 TIL Helly Juell Hansen was a Norwegian captain that first produced clothes in 1877 to protect his crew against the harsh Nordic weather. His revolutionary new product infused linseed oil into cotton fabric. 141 years later, in 2018 the company was sold to Canadian Tire for $985 million.
mxWEE TIL Osama bin Laden briefly attended a Quaker high school in Lebanon
VMQdm TIL that the Vietnamese word for the country of Italy is simply the letter "Ý".
yV87X TIL that 13% of finishers tested at the 2002 Boston Marathon had hyponatremia (caused by overconsumption of fluids)