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TIL that the ethnic Samaritans of the Bible still exist in modern-day Israel. They number about 820 people and still practice a distinctly ancient form of Judaism.

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jNOWE TIL that in 2013 Tina Turner became a citizen of Switzerland, and relinquished her US citizenship.
e0g5b TIL the word "daily" in the Lord's Prayer ("our daily bread") translates from the ancient Greek word "epiousios," which appears twice in the New Testament and nowhere else in any known ancient Greek text. We're not 100% sure of its meaning-some say it means "necessary" or "for the future" instead.
nOOG TIL that upon the German occupation of Paris in 1940, the lift cables of the Eiffel Tower were cut by the French. German soldiers had to climb the tower to hoist the swastika.
VBJP4 Today I learned that on April Fool's Day in 1997, Alex Trebek hosted Wheel of Fortune and Pat Sajak hosted Jeopardy.
1aGAr TIL NYC's Roosevelt Island doesn't have a need for garbage trucks and weekly trash pick up. Instead there is an automated vacuum collection. Put your garbage into a porthole and it's transported via underground high speed pneumatic tubes to a centralized location where it's finally picked up.