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TIL that there’s a dragon in some versions of the Bible

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Y7mOG TIL that the Seminole Tribe did not exist prior to the 1700s. It was formed in Spanish Florida by members of other tribes who were displaced out of the English colonies by settlers. Florida's original indigenous population was extinct by then from disease and enslavement brought by the Spanish.
8eEnX TIL that Ian Fleming, of James Bond fame, had an affair with the mother of the founder of Island Records, Chris Blackwell, who helped make reggae music internationally popular and recorded some of its biggest names
0vy5 TIL: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin almost died on the moon due to a faulty switch. As a result, they were unable to blast off into lunar orbit so Buzz Alrdin had to fix the issue by jamming a pen into the broken switch
mxBLo TIL Robin Williams funded a scholarship at his alma mater, Juilliard, that saw a full-ride given to a student every two years. One of the people who won the award was future Oscar winner Jessica Chastain, who became the first person from her family to go to college
Qn9E TIL the band Dinosaur Jr. added the “Jr.” only after being sued by 80’s Bay-Area supergroup Dinosaur.