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TIL: The closest that we can get to the language of Jesus (Aramaic) is Syriac, the language of Syria.

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Wkvy8 TIL Melinda Liu not only saw this pandemic in 2017, but she, named the very town in China where it would originate.
l7Jn5 TIL that Oliver Cromwell died shortly after developing a bout of malaria. Quinine was known as an effective treatment at the time, but he refused it because it had been discovered by Catholics.
a44A TIL when people are electrocuted and thrown far distances, it is a result of sudden and violent muscle contraction and not the result of the shock. This has raised questions as to the actual strength and capabilities of the muscles in the human body
oXlL TIL ukuleles weren’t introduced to Hawaii until the late 1800s. They were quickly popularized because the king at the time thought they were really neat.
nlL7 TIL that the U.S. and China are collaborating on developing a thorium molten salt nuclear reactor.