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TIL the New Testament requires Christian women to wear head coverings, while the Qur'an does not.

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9wW7r TIL only people who were of Genghis Kahn's royal lineage were allowed to rule Mongolia. In 1578 Altan Khan bestowed the first title of "Dalai Lama" upon Sonam Gyatsho who in return proclaimed Altan to be the reincarnation of Kublai Khan giving Atlan legitimacy to rule over the Mongols.
77BX TIL 90% of Lighting Strike victims survive.
1a6LX TIL Einstein theorised a machine to communicate with the future, the Tachyonic antitelephone.
wLP47 TIL - Industrialist Andrew Carnegie, called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society and dedicated the last 18 years of his life to large-scale philanthropy giving away 90 percent of his fortune, $350 million ($65 billion in 2019 dollars) to charities, foundations, and universities
X0jak TIL that Bill Gates, despite being a billionaire, loves washing dishes! He finds it calming and meditative, and makes time to do it himself almost every night.