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TIL Zoroastrianism (dating back to 2000 BC) is the only religion which has a creationism myth based on the contemporary Spherical Earth

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mxrOR TIL that in the USSR, according to Soviet statistics, the 3% of cultivated land in private hands "produced over a quarter of gross agricultural output, including about 30 percent of meat and milk, 66 percent of potatoes, and 40 percent of fruits, vegetables, and eggs"
JYKvv TIL about Elizabeth McWilliams, a nurse's aid who took care of influenza patients in 1918. She worked tirelessly for patients before contracting the illness herself and dying. Her last words were "I am happy because I've tried to be a real American."
JoXl TIL Joe Greenstein, American strongman, survived a bullet to the forehead (bullet flattened on his skull) then years later went on to beat 18 nazi sympathizers with a baseball bat and escaped unharmed
Y7kr7 TIL that Scotland's favorite soft drink, Irn-Bru originated in New York, USA in 1889 as IRONBREW.
R5n9j TIL that +/- 42k years ago, the “Adam’s Event”, a reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles, may have led to the extinction of mega fauna, Neanderthals, and forced humans into caves as the earth experienced intense periods of cosmic radiation, solar winds, electrical storms, and drastic climate change.