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TIL: The Virgin Mary is the only woman mentioned by name in the Quran.

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kJ175 TIL "Lovefool" was the first song Nina Persson had written for her band, The Cardigans.
6EpkJ TIL that contrary to popular belief we are just different branches to apes and we are not actually descended from them. The Hominids are the shared ancestor between modern humans and modern apes that died out millions of years ago.
epd5n TIL starting at age 17, Jahangir Khan of Pakistan won 555 consecutive squash matches over 5.5 years, the longest ever streak in any pro sport
VMjy8 TIL polygamist Brigham Young got out of paying alimony to one of his ex-wives on the grounds that — since polygamy was illegal — they were never actually married.
mbjo TIL that a software bug made Gandhi the most aggressive leader in the first civilization game, making him famous for dropping nukes.