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TIL In 2009, Wikipedia banned The Church of Scientology from editing any articles.

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xVoyB TIL that Jesus Christ had brothers and sisters. One of his brothers is James the Just, who became the first Bishop of Jerusalem.
16xW7 TIL that drowning doesn't happen as it's often depicted in the movies, flailing their arms and yelling for help. Once a person starts to drown, they can’t yell or move their arms voluntarily, and won't make much of a scene.
e66k TIL Hackers made a “sniper rifle” that can hack bluetooths from over a mile away.
rR1N4 TIL that Keanu Reeves runs a cancer foundation to fund Children's hospitals
P1eRw TIL about Callon of Epidaurus, who underwent the first recorded sex reassignment surgery in the 2nd century BC and then socially transitioned from a priestess to a man.