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TIL that Cher has been recording since the sixties and Believe (1998) is her 22nd album

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R7mXQ TIL that a painting by Rembrandt, one of the greatest Dutch artists in history, was stolen in 1990 and has never been found. The painting depicts one of Jesus Christ’s miracles where He calmed the storm when it threatened to drown Him and His disciples while they were on a ship
awgDZ TIL A roman scholar predicted microbiology over 2000 years ago, writing "there are bred certain minute creatures which cannot be seen by the eyes, but which float in the air and enter the body through the mouth and nose and cause serious diseases."
78ROP (TIL) The most urbanized corridor in Modern Texas ( I-35, DFW, Waco, Austin, San Antonio) follows a specific Cattle Trail that dates back to the early 1800's
BgMKk TIL The first written record of rabies is in the Mesopotamian Codex of Eshnunna (c. 1930 BC), which dictates that the owner of a dog showing symptoms of rabies should take preventive measures against bites. If another person were bitten by a rabid dog and later died, the owner was heavily fined.
ywna TIL Ernesto Miranda, of “Miranda Rights” fame, was stabbed to death at a bar in 1976. A suspect was arrested but he exercised his Miranda Rights and was released.