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TIL that Johnny Cash was such a devout Christian, that in 1990, he recorded himself reading the entire New Testament Bible (NKJ Version). The entire recording has a running time of more than 19 hours.

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epA7D TIL McDonald French Fries contains beef flavoring
BrMaW TIL in 2013 a lone thief stole $136 million worth of jewels from a Cannes hotel room. Though the thief carried a pistol, he never had to draw it due to the room being poorly gaurded. It is possible the door was left unlocked as well.
0wyky TIL that workers can get desensitized to the odor added to natural gas - mercaptan - which can lead to catastrophic industrial accidents. This applies mostly to purging those gases indoors and workers relying on sense of smell rather than monitors, without realizing they can't smell it anymore.
ZeX4 TIL that actor Jack Nicholson didn’t find out until his mid thirties that his “parents” were actually his grandparents and his “sister” was his mother
691rW TIL Olivia de Havilland, born in Japan in 1916, won Best Actress 2x; starred in the highest-grossing film ever (adjusted); legendarily sued Warner Bros and won; and died in Paris in 2020 at 104. She and her sister, Joan Fontaine- who hated each other- are the only siblings to win lead acting Oscars.