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TIL the Bible has been translated into Jamaican Patois, the national language of Jamaica; the “Our Father” starts out “Wi Faada we iina evn…”

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jNa6a TIL there are children in Kosovo named "Tonibler", named after Tony Blair for his support of the 1999 NATO bombing in Yugoslavia.
dDLeB TIL the phrase “growing the beard” describes when a show improves in quality. It comes from Star Trek: The Next Generation, where Season 2’s stronger storytelling coincided with Riker growing a beard, a look Gene Roddenberry approved and fans embraced as a sign the series had matured.
4XaWo TIL Leonardo Da Vinci, a pacifist, invented an armored tank nearly 500 years ahead of its time, but included a fatal flaw in the design (the wheels only spun toward each other) so it could never be used in an actual battle.
yQxKw TIL there’s no scientific difference between pigeons and doves — the difference boils down to linguistic traditions.
OGNB7 TIL that on September 8, 2040, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will all align within a 10° patch of sky in a rare celestial event called the “Golden Conjunction.”