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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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Ypk6v TIL An episode for Futurama in which Fry finds his mother's corpse had been an idea the writers originally set up. After consideration, The episode rewrote Fry to find his dog, Seymour.
16xPO TIL when a cat purrs, it can mean more than just contentment. Cats also purr when they are frightened, in pain, or even when they are expiring. It's considered a self-soothing, and self-healing mechanism, as their 25-150Hz frequency purr vibration can improve bone and soft tissue regeneration.
gxPA TIL Cleopatra was a Macedonian Greek NOT Egyptian
rNRZx TIL about unisexual mole salamanders which are an all-female complex of salamanders that 'steal' sperm from up to five different species of salamanders in the genus Ambystoma and recombine it to produce female hybrid offspring. This method of reproduction is called kleptogenesis.
Jrjl TIL that NASA lost the original Moon landing footage by accidentally reusing the tapes.