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TIL that until 1930, Brazil was actually called The "United States of Brazil". That means that until relatively recently, there was a USA and a USB in the American continent, one North one South.

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BgLkK TIL Catholic and Protestant Bibles both include 27 books in the New Testament but Protestant Bibles have only 39 books in the Old Testament while Catholic Bibles have 46. The seven books included in Catholic Bibles are Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, and Baruch.
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