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TIL that virtually all modern scholars agree that Jesus Christ existed as a historical figure, and that he was 1) baptized by John the baptized and 2) crucified shortly after by order of Pontius Pilate.

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v1V5x TIL Jim Carrey asked Nicolas Cage to co-star with him in 'Dumb and Dumber', however; Cage wanted to work on a smaller film called 'Leaving Las Vegas'. In 1996, Nicolas Cage won an Academy Award for Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas.
ndA7 TIL of an exoplanet known as J1407; a planet with a ring system so huge, it is 200x larger than Saturn’s. If it took the place of Saturn in our solar system, it’s rings would be brighter and more prominent than the moon in the Earth’s sky.
m1n1R TIL that we are born with only two innate fears: the fear of falling and the fear of loud sounds.
KYK8w TIL that each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
Bg6wK TIL that, due to fires and poor archiving and storage methods, approximately 90% of films from the Silent Era (1890s-1920s) are lost