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TIL Johnny Cash recorded himself reading the entire King James New Testament.

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01y5 TIL while vacationing on a beach in Thailand, a 10 year old girl recognized the signs of a tsunami after learning about them in geology class two weeks prior. Hundreds of beach-goers were evacuated minutes before the devastating tsunami from the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake arrived.
Real TIL in 2012 Nina Turner introduced a men’s health bill that mirrored mostly male-sponsored legislation restricting women’s reproductive health. It called for a written affidavit by a recent sexual partner, consulting a sex therapist, and a cardiac stress test to receive ED meds.
XEMXr TIL during the Battle of Germantown, in 1777, a cease fire was called due to a small terrier wandering on the battlefield.
PYPeE TIL that beer mugs are not called "steins" in Germany. "Stein" is the German word for "stone." The English word "stein" probably comes from the German word "Steinzeug" which means "stoneware"—the type of pottery that cheap beer mugs are often made of.
GAlyN TIL about Joseph Crater, a New York State Supreme Court Justice who mysteriously vanished amid a political scandal in August 1930. He was last seen leaving a restaurant on West 45th Street in Manhattan after having dinner with his mistress and a lawyer friend. His disappearance was never solved.