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TIL ‘God’ started as the god of weather & war in Canaan myth and was later promoted to the sole supreme being by an Israelite cult

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WWld TIL Matt White, former promising minor league baseball pitcher, bought 50 acres of land from his aunt for $50k so she could go into a nursing home. The land ended up being solid Goshen stone, and estimated to be worth about $2.5 billion
Wk7a8 TIL that Aeschylus, the ancient Greek tragedian, was supposedly prophesied to die from a falling object, and therefore stayed outdoors. He was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise on him, mistaking his bald head for a rock.
b6lMp TIL That Jonah Hill has sworn the most out of any Hollywood actor with 376 curse words.
gOVb TIL the catholic church decided baby rabbits aren’t meat
1aZ0X TIL During WW2, USSR lost more soldiers during the Battle of Stalingrad than USA during the complete war