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TIL British law in 50s forbade Jesus to speak or his face to be seen if he were a “secondary character.” His face wasn't shown in Ben Hur partly because of the law.

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pY6De TIL the last US cavalry charge was in 1942 in the Philippines against Japanese forces at the battle of Bataan, resulting in only 3 US casualties and a victory. The unit would go on to starve due to lack of supply and eat the horses.
rNkZo TIL the word "Brunch" was coined in 1895 by someone writing an essay for a magazine.
jlpE TIL Doritos were invented at Disneyland
k4R4 TIL the United States has more aircraft carriers in service than the rest of the world combined.
aY70 TIL that the first woman in the USA to ever get a PhD in Computer Science was a nun.