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TIL the Illuminati was an actual secret society whose goals were “to oppose superstition, prejudice, religious influence over public life and abuses of state power, and to support women’s education and gender equality.”

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ejV4 TIL that Esau, the oldest son of Isaac in the Bible, gave his Birthright (The right to have the authority over the family) to his younger brother Jacob in exchange for a bowl of lentil stew because he was hungry.
neZV7 TIL the oldest free public library in the English speaking world is Chetham's Library in Manchester, England. It holds more than 100,000 volumes of printed books, of which 60,000 were published before 1851.
yQ0Lw TIL that scientists were surprised to learn about the frequency of the earth's magnetic field reversals, which has flipped 26 times in the past million years
xVNb0 TIL Easter can land in March or April and that’s likely the reason North America doesn't have two set stat holidays each month
e0Onn TIL Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO had the worlds largest ruby carved in to a turd on an ice cream cone.