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TIL the Tyropean Valley was a natural feature and commercial district running centrally through ancient Jerusalem. The name translates to “Valley of the Cheesemakers”

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YgNZ TIL that the LDS church still officially teaches against interracial marriage, generally.
XEDZ8 TIL in the late 1800s Australian surveyors had realised the two tallest mountains, Mt. Kosciuszko and Mt. Townsend, were mismeasured, and in fact Mt. Townsend was taller. Instead of rewriting many textbooks the NSW government decided to switch the two names, leaving us with what we have today.
9Yd57 TIL Thomas Jefferson had a Shetland sheep that he kept on the White House lawn described as "this abominable animal". It would attack people who took shortcuts across the lawn, injuring a few people and killing a small boy.
l811 TIL that despite approaching 90, Sir Christopher Lee (AKA Dracula, Saruman and Count Dooku) released a critically acclaimed metal album, resulting in a “Spirit of Metal” award in 2010
e0Yy4 TIL in WW2 US tried to weaponize botulinum. Chinese prostitutes would receive capsules to kill Japanese officers who hired them. The plan was tested on donkeys, who survived so it was scrapped. That research led to the creation of Botox It was later discovered donkeys are immune to botulinum toxin.