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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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kMn4 TIL of the Kalash people, a white-skinned, blue-eyed tribe in the rural areas of Pakistan, who claim to be descendants of Alexander the Great.
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VBo4m TIL How the U.S. ‘Exports Inflation’ Through a Strong Dollar – making things cheaper for itself while raising prices for rest of the world
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Wk7x8 TIL that Key West declared war on the U.S. and then hit a U.S. soldier on the head with stale bread then immediately surrendered