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TIL Mary (mother of Jesus) is considered one of the greatest women in Islam, and is mentioned more in the Quran than in the New testament.

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KOmjB TIL Reinhard Heydrich was the architect of "The Final Solution". He was tasked with the deportation of the Jewish Community from Germany and what he came up with has been the one of the most horrific act in the history of mankind.
Bgy7K Today I learned that Hans Christian Andersen based his story "The Emperor's New Clothes" on a folk tale about a king who is tricked by swindlers who claim to have made clothes that can't be seen by any man who isn't the son of the king's presumed father.
jB5n TIL in 1994, Crayola released a set of scented crayons but had to remove some of the scents a year later because parents complained that some of the crayons smelled good enough to eat.
5YNkr TIL that monkeys are used to pluck coconuts in Thailand
M77Gb TIL that cancer in heart cells is extremely rare, or unlikely to occur due to the cell division mechanism in a heart's muscle cells