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TIL that Mormon holy books were written in faux-King James English (eg thou goeth) - the language of Bibles from Joseph Smith’s time - and contain extensive grammatical errors (eg subj-verb disagreement), suggesting that Smith was trying to make his writing sound superficially “more Biblical”

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R5nm8 TIL about a hurricane in 1926 that directly hit metro Miami at high-end Category 4 strength. It is speculated that this hurricane contributed to an early start to the Great Depression in the state and would have cost more than $200 billion if it were to occur in modern times.
Rav7 TIL That having older brothers increases a male’s chance of being homosexual
NgeN TIL JP Morgan bailed out the US Government in 1895
OGeaX TIL George Miller conceived the film Mad Max:Fury Road in 1987, but it was in development hell for many years. He decided to pursue the film again in 2007, after the release of the animated comedy Happy Feet.
4Xmvw TIL Adam Walker was protected from a great white shark by a pod of dolphins while swimming to raise money for dolphin conservation. About 10 dolphins surrounded him for about 1 hr in Cook Strait, 6th leg of the Oceans Seven: a marathon of 7 long-distance open water channel swims around the world.