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TIL that the United States can literally sue your possessions, and since they are not people, they can be declared guilty with no evidence or trial.

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4XwJJ TIL biblically accurate angels are very different from well-known description of the an angel - Old Testament depict one of them (Seraphim) as six-winged, flaming creature continuesly chanting "Holy, holy, holy" and the other (Ophanim) as pair of wheels with multiple eyes
MAYB TIL London 2012 was the first Olympic Games ever to be completed without a single fatality in construction. Over 60 were killed in the construction of the Sochi games
M7kD8 TIL honey has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties and enhances the wound healing process
goQ9 TIL there is a black hole 250 million light years away emitting a low B-flat 57 octaves below middle C on a piano.
R7PMa TIL 100 square miles of LA are surrounded by a religious physical wall called an "eruv" which symbolically extends the private domain of Jewish households into public areas, permitting activities within it that are normally forbidden in public on the Sabbath, such as carrying babies.