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TIL there are still people that speak Aramaic, or the language actually spoken by Jesus Christ, about 500,000 speakers are left worldwide.

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epnRD TIL when you are invited by Mongolian people to their house, you should always keep your sleeves rolled down. It's considered impolite to show your wrists to someone !
AYQn TIL The movies Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Silence of the Lambs were based on the same story. Convicted murderer Ed Gein from Plainsfield, Wisconsin.
rNAr4 TIL Techniques in astronomy of taking images of the sky are being used by dermatologists to monitor melanoma in high-risk patient who have their full body photographed. A patient’s skin is treated like the background sky in an astronomical image, and any moles are treated as stars
QNj8a TIL Lee Harvey Oswald's Russian-born widow still lives in the US (she's been a naturalized citizen since 1989). She has 3 kids (2 daughters with Oswald, 1 son with 2nd husband) and still advocates the theory that Oswald was innocent.
Bl5d TIL ‘Jersey Shore’ was shown in Japan under the name 'MTV Jersey Shore: the New Jersey Life of Macaroni Rascals’