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TIL that drinking beer has been shown to reduce the risk of certain kidney stones

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VMmQ8 TIL that the biblical Jacob was 77 when he first met his second wife Rachel, who was 14
9RkB TIL asking someone their Chinese zodiac is considered a polite way to learn their age
XExa8 TIL Paul Rudd always shows a clip of Mac and Me (1988) whenever he is on Conan regardless of what movie he is there to actually promote.
EWb0 TIL that in 2014 the Danish government recreated their entire country in Minecraft. It took 4 trillion blocks to build. However, it was discovered that you could use TNT Minecarts on the server. Almost immediatly people started blowing up towns, and planting american flags and tanks over the ruins.
x6M07 TIL that the date of Easter used to be so complicated to calculate that church authorities would come up with algorithms to determine it years in advance. Disagreements over the proper algorithm led to Eastern Orthodox churches celebrating Easter on a different date than Western churches.