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TIL over half of the Alcoholics Anonymous “12 steps” refer to God

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9nZG TIL Astronaut’s eyeballs are often dented in from behind. Some astronauts who had perfect eyesight on Earth suddenly need glasses in space.
P1OjG TIL that after the Battle of Pilska in 811 AD, the Bulgarian emperor Krum the Fearsome had the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros l who was killed in the battle to have his skull be covered in silver in which Krum then used as a drinking cup.
b9yw7 TIL that butterflies and bees need salt to survive, so they sometimes drink the tears of crocodilians such as caimans and other animals in regions where the mineral is scarce.
PY0Eg TIL modern atomic clocks are so accurate that if Yellowstone were to threaten eruption, we would be capable of detecting it in advance because of the time distortion.
a8Ako TIL the oldest pancake race in the world still takes place in Olney in the UK, and dates back to 1445