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TIL A plumber found cash and checks stashed in a wall at Joel Osteen's Houston mega-church.

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awAGZ TIL about the Norwegian Lundehund, one of the world's rarest and oldest dog breeds, which has six toes, extremely flexible joints and was bred specifically to fetch puffin eggs.
pYGdN TIL that the last round of Fifa World Cup Group Stage Matches are played simultaneously because of the Disgrace of Gijón. This is to avoid match fixing.
J16dV TIL, during World War II, U.S. Navy fighter pilot Patrick D. Fleming shot down 19 Japanese aircraft in just six combat missions, while flying the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
0jrj Til there was a man who determined such advanced mathematics 100 years ago that it took until recently for the scientific community to understand it, and it is now a part of string theory. He had no college degree and failed out of college because he was too focused on actually doing things.
DwQv TIL Monowi, Nebraska has a population of 1. The mayor pays herself taxes and grants herself a liquor license.