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TIL: The Number of Centenarians in Japan Rises Above 90,000

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Wk8oN TIL of Gnosticism, a early form of Christianity that viewed Yahweh as a evil, lesser god who created the material universe (which was purposely flawed) . They believed Jesus saved them from Yahweh to meet the one, true God who was shrouded in mystery. This was condemned as heresy by the early church
6ExJJ TIL that in 1969, the charity Save The Children, funded and hired director Ken Loach to film a documentary about the charity. Loach laid bare the hypocrisy and colonial attitudes he saw at the heart of the charity. Save The Children banned the documentary for 42 years, finally showing it in 2011.
GRM5 TIL that Bioteeth From Stem-Cells Will Regrow Complete Teeth and Its Superior to Implants
n5oW TIL Will Smith, Nicolas Cage, Brad Pitt, Van Kilmer declined the role of being “Neo” from The Matrix trilogy. When they declined, the studio pushed for Reeves, who won the role over Johnny Depp, the Wachowskis’ first choice.
W7JvN TIL that toxicology researchers analysed "George's Marvellous Medicine" from Dahl's book in 2020, and, predictably, found out that George would have murdered Grandmother. The ingestion of the Medicine, even from the censored 2023 edition, would cause "kidney injury, convulsions, cardiac toxicity".