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TIL One of the earliest archaeological evidence for Confucius' Analects comes from a tombsite dating to ca. 50 BC. in Pyongyang, which was discovered from an accidental leak in 2003. North Korea never released Pyongyang Analects and the other ancient text in China was damaged by fire

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jN49E TIL that Christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world. 200 million Christians (10 percent of the global total) are socially disadvantaged, harassed or actively oppressed for their beliefs
D1DmY TIL about William Martin, Mayor of the Royal Marines, who actually never was. It was a successful attempt of the British to spread rumours to Hitler and make him send his troops to defend a 'planned' invasion in Greece. Thus the actual Allied invasion of Sicily 1943 resulted in less casualties.
DQp1J TIL Though an alligator has one of the strongest bites in the animal kingdom, the muscles that open its mouth are rather weak, so if one attacks you, hold its mouth shut!
N7OvP TIL Coca Cola had to warn people not to drink the foul smelling liquid in their “MagiCan” promotion
kbjm TIL a possible origin of the name Cerberus (the multi-headed dog of the Greek god Hades) is the Proto-Indo-European word k̑érberos, meaning “spotted”. Hades’ dog might have literally been named “Spot”.