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TIL that a crucial section of the Quran may have been mistranslated. According to a scholar of ancient Semitic languages, the 72 virgins that await martyrs in paradise are actually 72 white raisins.

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Aa9l TIL more than 60 percent of bankruptcies are the result of medical bills. In people’s time of greatest need, our medical system burdens them with debt.
nxbr TIL only about %4 of the money raised by the National Breast Cancer Research Center goes to research.
dQKE TIL with only 40 digits of PI, you could calculate the circumference of the entire universe to within a single hydrogen atom.
GYQWE TIL that the tallest person in recorded history was Robert Wadlow, who was 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m) tall and apparently still growing at the time of his death at 22 years of age.
NXnKQ TIL Through her grandmother Mary, Queen Elizabeth is a direct descendant of Vlad the Impaler