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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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v1roB TIL that if a service dog approaches you without their person, you should follow them as their person is likely in danger and in need of help
Bry5d TIL Highly trained singers, such as opera stars, are unable to match the precision of even the most basic of musical instruments. Researchers suggest this is due to the more recent evolutionary development of the larynx muscles.
4X55a TIL a miner in the California desert spent 40 years digging a half-mile tunnel alone, by hand. Twenty years into the project, the state completed a road that eliminated the need for the tunnel, but the miner spent another two decades finishing it.
PVMw TIL house flies land on ceilings by approaching at a 45° and then cartwheeling into the landing.
mxwPY TIL there is a bug in Microsoft Excel in which the program assumes Feb. 29, 1900 is a real date. This bug was purposefully put into Excel in order to be backwards compatible with the same bug in Lotus 1-2-3.