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TIL Selwyn College, Cambridge has a swastika carved into one of its archways. It predates the Nazi Party

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grry8 TIL the Adam and Eve also existed within Canaanite mythology. Adam was a god who was sent down by the great gods to save the tree of of life, and the world, from the serpent.
J1RXj TIL of Sandra Andersen and her dog, Eagle, who was widely considered the best cadaver dog in history. She was eventually convicted for planting evidence at suspected crime scenes.
8aZbK TIL about Douglas Bader a pilot who lost both his legs in a plane crash in 1931 but went on to become a legendary pilot in WWll - captured by the Germans and given prosthetic legs - the first thing he did with them was try to escape!!!
kgLW TIL Meher Baba (an Indian spiritual master) didn’t speak for the last 44 years of his life
Oo8RR TIL about Gerner's Mean World Syndrome- the more negative news/shows/etc people expose themselves to, the more dangerous they think they world is (becoming less and less accurate in their assessment)