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TIL There is no physical description of Jesus in The Bible.

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b6WE0 TIL the US Naval Academy has draft every year, where graduates choose a ship to 'sign' with. The first pick is made by a mascot wearing a goat suit and midshipman's uniform.
kJdvW TIL Richard Marx wrote song 'Right Here Waiting' for Barbra Steisand but she wouldn't sing that she would be 'right here waiting' for anyone so he recorded it himself, scoring a number 1 hit
BrdPL TIL that most places in the American South named Lincoln are named for the Revolutionary War general Benjamin Lincoln rather than Abraham Lincoln.
bwR9 TIL Martin Luther King Day is celebrated in Japan to teach the importance of electoral politics and non-violent social change
loRZV TIL a New Zealand wild Kea parrot snatched £600 from the van of a Scottish tourist out taking photos; a Canadian couple told him: "We’ve just seen that bird take something out of your van." He reported the theft to police who laughed. Kea are known car vandals, reported to break off wing mirrors.