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TIL Satan was never named “Lucifer.” The only use of the word Lucifer in the Bible was by Isaiah, who was referring to the fall of Babylon, not Satan.

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LkxWZ TIL that the reason Mr. T wore so many gold chains and jewelry was because customers would lose the items or leave them at the night club where he worked as a bouncer. He would stand outside the club wearing the items in case a customer came back looking for them so that he could return the items.
AKVx TIL of a town in Kazakhstan, residents of which suffer from an unkown anomaly: they fall asleep in broad daylight and suffer from hallucinations, dizziness, weakness and memory loss. Scientists call is a ‘sleep epidemic’ and can’t explain the reasons for this phenomenon.
JYDvk TIL Croissants aren't from France.Though their name is French for "crescent," these flaky pastries actually hail from Vienna, Austria.
69Y7J TIL Ugandan pygmies were evicted from Bwindi impenetrable rain forests so that mountain gorillas could stay there peacefully. People ate fruits and root food in the forests but now they are being enjoyed by mountain gorillas as the Batwa starve
4eea TIL World War One officially began exactly one hundred years ago today.