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9Gdp TIL snow is actually considered a mineral, along with naturally occurring ice. Water, however, is not a mineral.
VPp8 TIL the earliest known depiction of Christ (1st-3rd century) is a graffitied scribble of him with a donkey’s head.
ANLen TIL about the most influential PE coach in American pop culture- Leonard Skinner, who became the namesake for Lynyrd Skynyrd after he sent several band members to the principal’s office for wearing their hair too long.
VB6X0 TIL about St Catherine's Monastery at Mt Sinai in Egypt. Built (548 - 565AD) by order of Byzantine emperor Justinian I, to enclose the area of the Burning Bush seen by Moses. It is the oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery. Also contains the oldest continually operating library.
KOdXB TIL of “The New Shadow” - a supposed sequel to LOTR that told of the reign of Aragorn’s descendant, men turning back to evil, and a plot to oust the king of Gondor. Tolkien quickly abandoned it after writing only 13 pages.