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TIL that there is nine different references to unicorns in the Bible.

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1krV TIL that a police officer can be rejected from joining the force for having too high of an IQ score.
1aQBW TIL that during the occupation of Denmark in World War II, 7200 Jews, aided by local resistance fighters, escaped Nazi internment. Of the Jewish community living there, only 500 were captured, and only 51 did not survive.