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TIL Isaac Asimov, commonly known for his science fiction writing, published a 1300 page “Guide to the Bible”, explaining historical,geographical, and political influence on the book as well as biographical information.

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xP4g TIL Homefront, a video game released in early 2011, based on a war against a North Korean global power, has so far successfully predicted both the year of Kim Jong-Il’s death (2011) and North Korea’s nuclear test in 2013.
GYXLG TIL there was concern that red headed people with blue eyes were going extinct because only around 17% of people have blue eyes, and 1-2% have red hair -- the odds of having both traits is around 0.17%.
e0OdE TIL honey bees can communicate by dancing, it is known as the "waggle dance" and by moving in a certain way in relation to the hive the bees can indicate direction, and by moving for a certain amount of time they can indicate distance, by doing this they can tell other bees in the hive food sources
e0pY4 TIL when Arthur Rubinstein was invited to play for delegates at the 1945 inauguration of the UN, he was so angry that neither a Polish delegation nor a Polish flag was included, he made his point by performing the Polish national anthem extremely slowly and loudly.
VBogm TIL The exact origins of paper airplanes are lost in the mists of ancient early civilization, but evidence points to folded paper gliders being developed and refined concurrently in Ancient China and Japan sometime around 500 BC.