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TIL that there is flood story that predates Noah’s Ark.

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8eWkV TIL of the Copper Scroll, a scroll made of Copper found amongst the Dead Sea Scrolls and seems to have been a series clues to buried treasure; the final one is to another scroll with additional details.
xVPm0 Seven out of ten prescriptions written today are for items unknown to medicine before World War II.
PYyKe TIL when future US President Herbert Hoover was born in 1874, his father announced the news by saying, "We have another General Grant at our house!", referencing the incumbent chief executive. This rural Iowan blacksmith would die nearly fifty years before his son fulfilled the prediction.
VB4E4 TIL the Killer Rabbit in the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" was inspired by an image on the facade of Notre Dame Cathedral. The image is part of a medieval tradition in illuminated manuscripts where killer rabbits attack humans and seek justice.
nenKb TIL Signalman 1st Class Douglas Munro is the Only Coast Guard Medal of Honor Recipient and helped save 500 Marines at Guadalcanal. He died while getting the last Marines out. His last words were “Did they get off?” referring to the last of the Marines.