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TIL that in the Bible, God sent two bears to murder 42 children because they had mocked a man for being bald.

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R7ax4 TIL the canonical reason for most of the alien races to be humanoid in Star Trek is an ancient humanoid species seeding the oceans of many worlds with DNA codes 4.5 billion years before the start of the series, directing the evolution of life towards a physical pattern similar to their own.
N77J TIL a Pakistani diplomat was denied an Ambassadorship to Saudi Arabia because his name in Arabic meant “Biggest Cock”
Y7vAW TIL green coloured clothing was rare in Europe up until arsenic-based green dyes were invented in the late-1700s. Before that, to create green the fabric first had to be dyed yellow and then dyed again with an expensive blue dye. Results with this process were inconsistent & hard to control.
pYm58 TIL Partially because of the generation that grew up on Jurassic Park becoming Paleontologists in large numbers about one new species of dinosaur is discovered every week
Vr0k TIL The Navy contacted the Village People to use “In the Navy” in an advertising campaign for television and radio. They gave the rights to the song for free on the condition that the Navy help them shoot the music video. The Navy provided them with a warship, several aircraft, and plenty of seamen