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TIL Claire Danes is considered a persona non grata in the Philippines after making derogatory comments about the country.

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wLDj8 TIL about the facekini, a mask for people to wear at the beach to protect from sunburn.
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d88Gr TIL that the shop made crepes in Leclercs supermarkets are only cooked on one side!
69XBX TIL this is P52, a fragment of the Gospel of John written in Greek. The exact date is debated, but the consensus is that it was written around the year AD 125, implying that the Gospels were written down earlier during the first century, when the Apostles still preached (Translation down below)
yQPWa TIL that a woman tried to sue the Captain Crunch cereal company because she believed crunch berries were real fruit for 4 years before she found out they were just cereal.