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TIL That early paintings of Jesus often had him holding/using a wand when performing his miracles

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D1b1r TIL 2 brothers were filming a documentary about a probationary New York Fire Fighter in 2001. They went on a routine call to check for a gas leak on 9/11 and ended up being the only camera to film the first crash. They followed the FDNY into the Twin Towers and survived.
1a1dd TIL of the "May Incident" during WW2 Congressman Andrew J. May revealed highly confidential information that US submarines were surviving Japanese depth charges because they were exploding at a too shallow depth. This leak later led to the deaths of 800 crewmen and 10 submarines
VBRX8 TIL: The first black applicant to the then all white University of Mississippi was committed to an insane asylum for being crazy enough to apply (1958, Clennen King).
O1BL TIL That a server at the University of North Carolina was physically lost for 4 years (although online) until they physically traced the cables and discovered it had been walled off.
epdG5 TIL Ye wrote and recorded his first solo single two weeks after his jaw was wired shut from an accident. The mumbled lyrics reflect how difficult it was for him to rap the song.