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TIL A snake’s heart can move around its body to protect it from harm when it’s eaten large prey

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KKNJ TIL France banned an ad depicting Jesus as a female because of its “intrusion on people’s innermost beliefs”
9w7Z7 TIL After the US Navy lost the USS Thresher in 1963, it instituted a quality assurance program called SUBSAFE for its submarines. As a result they went from losing 16 submarines to non-combat reasons in the 48 years before, to losing only the USS Scorpion (which wasn’t SUBSAFE certified) since 1963.
b640Z TIL Pipe organs, such as those commonly found in churches, predate Christianity itself, having been invented circa 200 BC. They were also frequently played in ancient Greek/Roman sporting events, much like in stadiums today
ne4yG TIL about one of the rare cases of the Lazarus Syndrome. Walter Williams, 78, from Lexington, Mississippi, declared by a coroner at his home on 26 February 2014. Once at a funeral home, he was found to be moving. The next day he was well enough to be talking with family, but died fifteen days later.
YpN0A TIL that at Noon, every April 21st, the day of the birth of Rome, the Sun enters the oculus of the Pantheon at an inclination, radiating perfectly on the entrance doorway: the emperor was fully illuminated when he entered in the Temple.