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TIL of Vissarion, a Russian religious leader, who claims to be Jesus Christ reincarnated, with over 10k followers living off grid deep inside remote Siberia.

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enoJ TIL yoga giant Lululemon’s name was chosen because founder Chip Wilson thought it was funny to watch Japanese people try to pronounce the letter ‘L’… Rururemon
gvZ8 TIL Venice Island was built on a foundation of tree trunks. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of central Venice.
Dovp TIL when Vera Menchick competed in an international chess tournament, Albert Becker ridiculed her entry by proposing that any player she defeated should be granted membership of the “Vera Menchik Club”. He became the first member of that club, and she the first female chess world champion.
ZdM4 TIL Engineers in Canada receive an Iron Ring to to remind them to have humility. It is in memory of a bridge that collapsed twice due to incorrect calculations involving iron.
Q04L TIL that the movie Tangled was more expensive than Avatar. In fact it’s the second most expensive movie of all time.