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TIL - “The Blue Marble” is the only whole-earth photo taken by human hands. No one has since been far enough from earth to take a similar picture.

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5VyVB TIL that there are an estimated 100 firefighters arrested for arson per year
vYbx TIL A religion on a pacific island worships American soldiers and prays for their return
G9eQ TIL The transliteration of the name “Jesus” from Hebrew to English is “Joshua”. “Jesus” is the English derivative of Jesus’ Greek name. Mary would have called her son “Joshua”.
nKl7 TIL Due to Studio Ghibli’s retention of the merchandising rights to Spirited Away. Disney’s advertising was limited, and Spirited Away was only mentioned in a small scrolling section on Disney’s official website. The promotion of the film was given a worse treatment than Disney’s own B-movies.
pY1Yp TIL in Machiavelli's comedy "Belfagor arcidiavolo", a demon decides to investigate why humans arrive in hell constantly complaining about marriage life. He gets married, goes into debt, barely escapes his angry creditors, returns to hell defeated and vows to never visit the world of humans again.