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

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M7XJ0 TIL the very first draft of Star Wars: A New Hope was a two-page outline called "The Journal of the Whills". It would be about the adventures of Mace Windy, a "Jedi-Bendu" from Planet Ophuchi, and his "padawaan learner", a 16-year-old boy called C.J. Thorpe.
X7o8 TIL Bear Grylls rowed naked for 22 miles in a homemade bathtub along the Thames River to raise funds for a friend who lost his legs in a climbing accident.
E6eo TIL: Nancy Grace embellished the story of her college fiance’s 1979 murder as a way to better support her image
8OlK TIL Monopoly evolved from The Landlord’s Game, a Socialist board game meant to teach players the evil of monopolies and benefits of a more egalitarian economic system. If played using the Socialist rules, everyone could be a winner.
ZeVG TIL Indonesians must supply 5 seedlings at their wedding or 25 at their divorce to combat deforestation.