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TIL Jupiter was the first planet to form in our solar system

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6R7Z TIL Following the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem Jews were once again allowed to live and practice their religion in Jerusalem for the first time since the Byzantines expelled them.
b6L6Z TIL: That when cast as a child prostitute in the movie Taxi Driver; Jodie Foster had to undergo psychiatric assessments and was accompanied at all times by a social worker on set. Her older sister Connie acted as her stand-in when it came to sexually suggestive scenes.
b6vkQ TIL Jim Marshall, inventor of the Marshall amplification system widely used by rock guitarists, contracted a form of tuberculosis that affected his bones when he was a young boy. For treatment, he was kept in plaster casts from his ankles to his armpits until he was a teenager.
VBXgp TIL that oceanic life benefits by dumping iron into it. Not only in artificial reef habitat in but also as a food source to phytoplankton. Phytoplankton can drastically reduce our carbon levels and restore species numbers up the food chain.
awRpM TIL: You’re not allowed to visit the isle of Komodo if you’re on your period as it can attract dragons