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TIL: Kung Fu is at least 500 years older than Jesus.

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LQE6Z TIL: The Master Printers of Koryo predate the Gutenburg press with the oldest woodblock dating to 751 AD. However due to repeated wars, countless woodblocks were destroyed due to invaders. In addition, supply constraints, an abundance of booze, scarcity of wood, etc led to slow public adoption.
AJ7l TIL the Statement of Purpose of the National Organization for Women once had a section calling for the “reexamination of laws and mores governing marriage and divorce” with a focus on giving men more rights in the lives of their children.
w89W TIL that Al Gore’s documentary, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, was held by the British High Court to have nine errors in it, and cannot be shown in schools unless teachers point out the potentially problematic sections.
Reml TIL After MLK’s death, his autopsy found that while he was just 39 years old, he had the heart of a 60-year-old. Doctors concluded the pressure he had experienced in his career had stressed and aged his heart.
6E5YZ TIL about Juan Pujol Garcia, a spy who single handedly saved thousands of lives during D-Day by using his made-up network of spies to convince the Germans that another attack was going to happen in Calais instead of Normandy. He was also the only person to be decorated by both the Axis and Allies.