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TIL that even though the wheel is often citied as man's original invention... it wasn't invented until after flutes, baskets, woven cloth, and even boats

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8emy4 TIL that in the year 1240, the Talmud was 'placed on trial' after Nicholas Donin, a Jew who had converted to Catholicism, told the Pope that the Talmud insulted Jesus and the virgin Mary. The trial resulted in the Talmud being found guilty, and thousands of Jewish texts were burned
7r6BZ TIL: In Russian Orthodoxy, the patron saint of Russia’s nuclear weapons is St. Seraphim.
W7rPN TIL a teenager's fatal overdose from using too much spray-on deodorant was ruled accidental. His mom said he would not take showers but instead would spray half a can of deodorant on himself & then use aftershave to coverup BO. 42 cans of deodorant, hair spray & other products were found in his room
P1eMG TIL that one of the major factors that made Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, as the choice for piloting Vostok 6 in June 1963, was that she proved lucky in the timing of her menstrual cycles earlier that month.
Mjk7 TIL that Jacksonville, Fla., was the winter filming capital of the early US movie industry but conservative residents objected, a mayor was elected on anti-movie platform, and so the industry moved on to Southern California