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TIL: In older Abrahamic religions, Eve was not the first woman, but rather she came after Lilith. She was banished from the Garden of Eden after being disobedient towards Adam.

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569D TIL of the Challenger expedition of 1872-76, one of the first major scientific studies of the ocean depths. It discovered over 4,000 new species and conducted 492 deep sea soundings, including one that first discovered the Mariana Trench. In total, the ship was supplied with 291 km of rope.
BrANe TIL that if you contract and recover from the measles you have a 1/600 chance as a baby or 1/10000 chance that after 6-15 years you can suffer a condition that causes brain inflammation that is terminal.
loZvG TIL That 50% of all material used in reactors in the United States to generate electricity comes from recycled nuclear warheads. 45% of that total are Soviet warheads.
oBgA TIL in 1984, to prove to people that leprosy is difficult to catch through close contact, Pope John Paul II kissed a number of lepers in a South Korean leper colony.