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

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pYY4p TIL that during The Depression, FDR started construction on tidal dams in Passamaquoddy and Cobscook bays, on Maine’s border with New Brunswick, to generate electricity using the gigantic tides from the Bay of Fundy called the Quoddy Tidal Power Project.
vPZ04 TIL that the longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years. His name was Charles Osborne and he began hiccuping in 1922 and didn't stop until 1990. He had 20 to 40 hiccups per minute
R7wN9 TIL The CDC estimates that as many as 56,000 people die from the flu each year
OGZwX TIL: that the Atomium landmark in Belgium is modeled after an iron crystal magnified 165 million times
Y7xG7 TIL two men had their arms torn off at the shoulder during a game of Tug-of-War in 1997. The game had over 1600 participants. Their arms were successfully reattached.