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TIL A group of students in Iran spent years reconstructing thousands of shredded CIA secret documents, and subsequently published them

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oPkE TIL that the woman who spearheaded a landmark church and state separation lawsuit in 1963 was kidnapped, held captive for months, and eventually murdered when she was in her 70s, along with her son and granddaughter.
4kA6a TIL that 5 Christian Churches use the title of Patriarch of Antioch: the Syriac Orthodox, the Maronite, the Syriac Catholic, the Melkite Greek Catholic, and the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch. Although no current patriarch is based in the city of Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Turkey)
DyBP TIL William Kamkwamba built a windmill from gum trees, bicycle parts, and scrap finds, to power his family’s farm. Though he didn’t know English, he learned to built the windmill from English books and diagrams. Later, he dug a well and built an irrigation system, which helped grow crops more often.
woww1 TIL: Historian Herodotus described a hairy fox-sized “ant” in Asia that dug up gold from the earth, which would be collected by locals. This was likely the Himalayan marmot, which often makes its burrows in gold-rich soil. Tribal peoples of Pakistan have collected the gold for generations.
won16 TIL Ari Nagel aka "The Sperminator" has fathered over 100 children. He turns down no woman and doesn't charge for his services, although he pays child support for several of them. Three documentaries, including The Baby Daddy (2022) and Spermworld (2024), have featured his contributions.