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TIL Juries have 12 people because of Jesus and his Twelve Apostles

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obpo TIL: Hatra, the capital of the “first Arab Empire” known as the Kingdom of Araba (in modern day Iraq) was one of the most diverse cities in the ancient world. It had temples (pantheons) to five major religions: Greek, Mesopotamian, Caananite, Aramean, & Arabian.
Z9V4 TIL Bill Murray doesn’t have an agent, just an 800 number that you call and leave a voicemail pitching your movie
AD66l TIL about CRAF, the Civil Reserve Air Fleet. It requires some airlines to reserve a portion of their fleet for military deployments that are on-call & ready within 24-48hrs, should demand exceed military resources. Lately, it is one of the reasons why the govt. will continue bail out the airlines.
vPMex TIL There are historical accounts of lion populations living in Europe as late as 12th century CE. In most parts of Europe, lion became extinct until 4th century CE.
OoaD4 TIL the worlds largest farm, Mudanjiang City Dairy Farm is located in China and covers an area of 22.5 million acres. This is the same size as Portugal.