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TIL In Rastafari, "Zion" stands for a utopian place of unity, peace and freedom, as opposed to "Babylon", the oppressing and exploiting system of the materialistic modern world and a place of evil.

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P8eg TIL: In 2004, Colby Nolan was awarded an MBA degree in business management by Trinity Southern University, sparking a lawsuit against the Dallas based institution. The problem? Although Colby had apparently maintained a GPA of 3.5, he was, in fact, a six year old cat.
1aM1D TIL A rare photo of Amelia Earhart shows her riding a scooter in the 1930s with a published caption reading, “In the near future, we are told, no one will walk at all."
VMvD0 TIL After eating garlic, its sulfur compounds are released not only in the mouth but also in the gut, from which they seep into the lungs and skin. To prevent garlic breath, plant chemicals like chlorophyll and polyphenols bind to sulfur compounds in garlic and help neutralize odor
17vr TIL that Tolkien himself considered Sam (Samwise Gamgee) the chief hero of “Lord of the Rings”.
78L0P TIL of Maurice Wilson who, against all odds, flew his own plane from England to India to be the first to summit Everest under the assumption that ‘prayer and fasting’ would give him the strength to reach the peak.