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TIL that the word homosexual was not in the Bible until 1946 and the word it replaced translated to pedophile

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GeRj TIL a guy implied he was going to build a 480 ft skyscraper but labeled all the plans as 480". Then he had it built 40’ tall as per the plans, pocketed the investment money and won in court because he didn’t technically defraud anyone.
VM98Z TIL about Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, a hotel that has been running for over 1300 years, ever since it began in 705. It has been ran over 52 generations by the same family, which still operates it today.
VBmam TIL white people have a 79% chance of finding a match through the National Marrow Donor Program, while black people only have a 29% chance.
4XABw TIL that in 2015, mist sprinklers, which cool the air, were placed near the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Many visitors to the museum were upset, saying the shower-like misters evoked memories of Nazi-era gas chambers. Nazi gas chambers were often disguised as showers.
V8eD TIL The reason hurricanes and cyclones have human names is that the original meteorologist to name them, Clement Wragge, began naming them after politicians he didn’t like. This let him say they were ‘causing great distress’ or 'wandering aimlessly’.