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TIL that a Historical Jesus existed and that his baptism and crucifixion are considered real historical events.

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mxDKO TIL of the Metropolitan Sepulchre - A 19th century proposal to build a pyramid in London that would have covered 18 acres, had the capacity for 5 million bodies and at 94 stories and 1500 feet would have been taller than the Empire State Building!
OoKn6 TIL some streets in Old San Juan, PR are paved with blue cobblestones, called adoquines, and were made from the waste, or slag, that resulted from iron smelting, then cast into blocks and brought to the island as ballasts in the bottoms of 18th-century Spanish ships.
PY5L TIL that people can be allergic to the cold.
XEBw8 TIL Betsy Palmer only agreed to play the killer Mrs. Vorhees in Friday the 13th because she needed a new car, even though she believed the film to "be a piece of shit".
v1gXr TIL that the Mexican Government Has Seized 599 aircraft — 586 planes and 13 helicopters — From The Sinaloa Cartel Between 2006 and 2015. That's More Planes Than Owned By Mexico's Largest Airline.