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TIL that the earliest surviving depiction of Jesus portrays him as a donkey on a cross.

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Y70GB TIL of a case where occult spinal dysraphism (skin-covered spina bifida), dorsal accessory breast (extra breast located on the back), and polythelia (extra nipples) all occurred on the same patient, resulting in a breast with three nipples located on the patient's spine. [NSFW] [PDF]
wrGE TIL A scientific study shows that if you are regularly annoyed by other’s eating noises, you might be a genius. Creative minds cannot filter out noise from the surroundings as much as those who are less creative. Charles Darwin struggled with filtering out noise.
e0oOg TIL "Solitary Orchard", a piece of Chinese music composed for the guqin, is likely the oldest surviving piece of written music in East Asia and it features mysterious effects that sound modern to new listeners. The manuscript was written during Tang Dynasty, 7th century, and it is now in Kyoto
QpKM TIL Samuel L Jackson has dropped 171 F Bombs in his career (-2014)
0aop TIL Albert Pierrepoint, the mose efficient executioner in British history who killed over 400 people, said: “All the men and women whom I have faced at that final moment convince me that in what I have done I have not prevented a single murder.” He went on to own a pub.