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TIL the earliest known depiction of Christ (1st-3rd century) is a graffitied scribble of him with a donkey’s head.

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5VDmk TIL babies cant taste salt until around 3 months old. But when they develop the the ability to, they show a preference for salty water.
grED4 TIL During the 19th century, people would attend clinics where they could receive electric shock treatments using devices like the "Electro-Conductive Bath." The idea was that these shocks could apparently cure everything from insomnia to depression.
jNG1X TIL the short-lived Korean Empire (1897-1910), eager to modernize, purchased a ship from Japan spending 30% of its entire military budget. It turned out to be a deceptively packaged cargo ship useless for combat. Japan later took it back after dismantling the military and colonizing the nation.
xVkdD TIL that the voice given for the A.I "Suit lady" aka "Karen" in Spider Man: Homecoming was none other than Jennifer Connelly who also happens to be the wife of Paul Bettany, the actor who voices J.A.R.V.I.S in the Iron Man films and later as Vision.
kpnB TIL that Nguyen Cao Ty, who served as President and Vice President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam war, emigrated to the Unites States and ran a liquor store for several years after the fall of Saigon.