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TIL Jains believe their religion began with a man who lived in India 592 quintillion years ago

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E1vDW TIL that on New Order’s first pressing of their hit single Blue Monday, the record label actually lost 20 cents for every copy sold due to the intricately designed packaging, totaling a loss of near $100,000.
788eO TIL: In 1485 a perfectly preserved body of a girl was discovered along the Via Appia just outside of Rome. Condition of it was so good that it looked that the person was buried yesterday despite being 1500 years old
XEZoX TIL that South Korea created a secret military unit to assassinate Kim Il-sung. When the units mission was cancelled they killed their handlers, staged a mutiny and were all either killed or commited suicide.
0wneL TIL that during the last few months for jazz legend John Coltrane’s death, he would take the sax out of his mouth during performances and start beating his chest, chanting, yodeling, and screaming. Sometimes Coltrane felt like even his sax couldn’t truly express what he wanted to say.
8GGX TIL The Centers for Disease Control said that 37% of American adults can’t swim 24 yards, which is the length of a typical recreation-center swimming pool.