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TIL: According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Joseph was 90 years old when he married Mary, at the time between 12 and 14

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X0eYX TIL in 2006 a Romanian man, Florin Fodor, was charged for trying to illegally immigrate to Canada multiple times. He was first deported from Canada in 2000, and then in 2006 he attempted to enter again by sailing from Greenland to Nunavut in a 20 foot fiberglass boat.
9yNm TIL that “pixel” was originally short for the term “picture element”.
p85PN TIL of Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who went on a one-man 15 year crusade to get genocide condemmed under international law.
Wkb64 TIL General George G. Meade had only been in charge of the Union Army for 3 Days before the Battle of Gettysburg began. The subsequent fight was not only the bloodiest battle in the American Civil War, but considered a turning point by many Historians
Oo8OL Nero, Stalin and Bin Laden were all fans, but what makes verse so appealing to these leaders? Benjamin Ramm explores the connection between ruthlessness and sentimentality.