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TIL that Cyrus the Great was so beloved, he was the only non-Jewish person in the Jewish Bible (Old Testament) to be identified as the messiah

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b9p47 TIL that when it became apparent that Israel was going to win the 1978 Eurovision Singing Contest, Jordanian TV stopped the live broadcast, showed a picture of daffodils, and later announced that Belgium had won.
rRY50 TIL that the British RAF filled their reserve fuel tanks with beer in order to quench the thirst of troops at the front lines in WWII. They were called "beer bombs" and the high altitude kept the beer cold en route.
1g78 TIL In 2012, Ty Warner (owner of Beanie Babies) stopped a woman and asked for directions in Santa Barbara, Calif. The woman was trying to raise money for a stem-cell procedure she needed to save her life. After learning of her condition, Warner gifted her $20,000 for the procedure
6jeX TIL The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is loosely based on The Odyssey. The Cyclops enemy and Bag of Winds are directly lifted from The Odyssey, and both receive help from a deity along the way (Athena and Princess Mindy), + more
WPPd TIL Lyndon Johnson announced his hiring of Gerri Whittington, the first African-American White House secretary, by arranging for her to appear on the TV game show What’s My Line, wherein contestants attempted to guess her profession.