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TIL that Marcionites, an early Christian sect, believed that the god of the Old Testament was a separate entity from the god of the NT, and that the physical world was his evil creation.

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9Y997 TIL that in the 1940s-60s, Melbourne's Sun Theatre cinema had a pram room, where babies in their prams were placed and given a number. If a baby started crying, its number was flashed on the screen to alert the parents
kOBgm TIL that Singapore Changi Airport has a three storey indoor slide, a butterfly garden, and a movie theatre that screens movies for free. It has also been named the World’s Best Airport by Skytrax for the 6th year running
16wYV TIL that one of the major causes of the downfall of the Papal States and the unification of Italy was the abduction of a Jewish boy by the Pope in 1858.
p8D5Z TIL the hottest temperature ever recorded on earth was 56.7°C in Death Valley, CA, in 1913
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