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

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9Ym8D TIL that 75% of exterior fire escapes in New York City do not meet safety standards and are all at least 50 years old
oBMMA TIL that the "Trailblazer" monorail car that carried over 1 million Texas State Fair visitors in the late 50s and early 60s is now a house in Willis Point, TX.
4kLW5 TIL that Post first made Pop-Tarts, as the company had invented a process for dehydrating food and enclosing it in foil to keep it fresh, and they were called Country Squares. Because Post had revealed Country Squares before they were ready for market, Kellogg used the idea and created Pop-Tarts.
ney5d TIL about the Wolbachia bacteria, which can only be transmitted by females, so eliminates males by killing them or turning them female, and enables host females to reproduce without males
Z8rdD TIL about the musical genius Bob Milne who has the ability to hear every instrument individually in 3 different orchestras playing 3 different symphonies in his mind at the same time.