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TIL Jesus had four brothers and several unnamed sisters and the Church attempted to discredit this theory ever since the Bible existed

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nWjR7 TIL: Water aerobics is popular among the elderly because it prevents overheating and fall injuries during exercise.
OvWX TIL that the word “hobbit” has been found exactly once in texts predating Tolkien, in a list of magical creatures with no explanation or context
Brajb TIL that people sentenced to death by beheading were advised to give the headsman a gold coin to ensure he did not botch the beheading and cause a painful death by multiple strokes
XrYQ TIL two Nazi submarines declined to surrender when Berlin fell and instead submerged for two months before landing in Argentina. One is said to have offloaded a Nazi officer before being detected.
GAoW1 TIL the theory of Plate Tectonics was only validated/proven in the 1960s