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TIL sailors had crossed the Equator by 425BC and reported they’d seen the Sun switch sides in the heavens. Writers like Herodotus thought they were making it up

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DMNj TIL that Fox News contributor Todd Starnes falsely reported on a kindergarten student who was told by her teacher not to pray in class. The parent of the child turned out to be Marcos Perez, who was the promoter of Starnes’ new book about the imaginary assault on Christianity in the US.
5YR6r TIL about the existence of "reverse money laundering", the process of disguising the use of clean money to finance illegal activities.
R50O4 [TIL] that there is an Herbicide that will turn Male Frogs into Female Frogs
WOed TIL an 8 Ton concrete VW Bug was sunk underwater off Mexico to create an artificial reef for underwater critters.
XJZP TIL Paul McCartney intended “Let It Be” as an Aretha Franklin song. She took so long to release it that The Beatles recorded it themselves.