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TIL: according to Jewish lore, Adam’s first wife was not Eve, but infact a half-woman half-snake named Lilith.

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4XyaN TIL During WWII, large corporations like Bosch and Daimler Benz, unequivocally supported goals of Hitler’s regime and its war effort in exchange for advantageous contracts, subsidies and in exchange was allowed to use slave labor from occupied countries, which accounted for one quarter of workforce
5bD8 TIL the Met houses a D20 (20 sided gaming die) from around 300 BC
Vdjp TIL that, despite having 70+ million viewers, Reddit is actually not profitable and in the RED. Massive server costs and lack of advertising are the main issues.
X0LgE TIL Jacob Miller, survived for more than 3 decades with a bullet in his head. He was hit in the U.S. Civil War in 1863, and 31 years later two pieces of lead came out of his head on their own.
xVQE1 TIL Operation Rimon 20, on July 30, 1970, the Israel Air Force (IAF) drew the Soviet expeditionary force in Egypt into a perfectly planned and executed ambush, shooting down five MiG-21 fighters with no losses for the Israeli Mirage-IIIs and Phantom F-4s.