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TIL There have been multiple people who’ve been claimed to be the Messiah

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0DOp TIL When Australia beat England in a cricket match in 1882, a British newspaper published an obituary proclaiming the death of English cricket. The symbolic ashes of its cremation were placed in an urn, and both teams still compete to win them back every two years.
KOGpa TIL in 1936, Cleveland lost the largest book in the world. The 'Golden Book of Cleveland' was 7 feet by 5 feet and 3 feet thick, with 6,000 pages — nearly the size of a queen-size bed. It weighed roughly 2.5 tons.
wLBBo TIL that, in 2017, the British band Muse invited ticket-holders for an upcoming gig in London to vote online for 10 songs that they wanted to be added to the set list. Fans immediately flooded the poll with votes for 15-year-old B-sides and tracks that the band had never played live before.
699oZ TIL that Duke Nukem Forever holds the Guinness World record for "Longest development period for a videogame"
QNXY9 TIL There were a lot of animals on the Titanic when it set sail, including 12 dogs. Three of them survived the disastrous maiden voyage - two Pomeranians and a Pekingese.