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TIL Mary is mentioned more in the Quran than in the entire New Testament and is also the only woman mentioned by name in the Quran

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5Y84n TIL the only country with no live chickens is Vatican City
m1YYv TIL that automatic car washes can damage your vehicle’s paint job in as little as one wash by leaving ‘swirl marks’ in the paint.
kJLgd TIL that the singer of “Be Prepared” from The Lion King is in dispute. While credited to Jeremy Irons, Jim Cummings (voice of Ed the Hyena) has variously claimed that he sang all or part of the song. Some have noted a slight shift in the vocals of the final verse.
ne5DG TIL in the 2000 paralympics, the Spanish team in basketball-ID consisted of fully functional semi-pros. They won gold by a landslide but where discovered because one of the players was an undercover journalist investigating fraud comitted by the president of the Spanish Disabled Sports Federation.
R596w TIL that Corinna Kopf retires from OF at 28 after earning $67 million over three years. In comparison, Keanu Reeves has earned a combined total of $22 million for the four John Wick films he has done, which is less than the average yearly payday of Kopf on OF.