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TIL Christopher Columbus may have been jewish

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Bdrk TIL the Ku Klux Klan lobbied for the first Gun Control Laws in the United States.
8jbZ TIL that J.R.R.Tolkien (The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings) and C.S.Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia) were friends at Oxford. They organised a literary group for budding writers who would share their stories over lunch and a beer in the same pub every Tuesday.
yQRVM TIL that Steve McQueen and Keith Moon (drummer for The Who) were neighbors. Their relationship soured after Moon came to McQueen's house once, broke in, got bit by McQueen's dog, and bit the dog back. The conflict stopped after McQueen blew out a light that Moon kept on to annoy him with a shotgun.
wRbo TIL Archaeologists have unearthed a pair of bongs made of pure gold that date back to 2,400 years ago.
LOYV TIL if you start “The Poseidon Adventure” at 23:35:19pm, you’ll experience New Years at the same time as it’s celebrated on the Poseidon