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TIL that only about 50% of Americans know that Judaism is older than Christianity.

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0dJ1M TIL Charles Perrault's Cinderella was originally believed to be a sexual innuendo. The words verre (glass) and vair (fur) sound the same in French, which suggests the Prince "tried on the fur slipper of all the maidens in the land."
mKop TIL that monarch butterflies seem to remember an ancient mountain that used to stand where Lake Superior is now, and they still veer around that long-gone obstacle during their migration flight across the lake.
d8L57 TIL scientists have improved upon CAR-T: a living drug made by genetically engineering a patient's T-cells kill cancer cells. They found a new type of T-cell that could attack a wider range of cancers than the existing CAR-T. This raises the prospect of a 'one-size-fits-all' cancer treatment.
MeOBA TIL: In 2000, after a 25 hour siege, Irish police shot and killed a man who had fired on them several times. Following massive public outcry, they requested the FBI send a team to review their handling of the situation. The FBI concluded the main problem was that they did not shoot the man sooner.
R5lgl TIL: Amelia Dyer, the "Ogress of Reading", likely killed 200-400 children while running a "baby farm" in the 1800s.