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TIL nowhere in the New Testament does it state how many Wise Men there were, despite traditions widely referring to three.

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8angX TIL: Ostriches are the only birds that have bladders
8aYEK TIL that between 991 and 1018, the Anglo-Saxon kings of England paid an important economic tribute to the Viking invaders worth circa 2.8 million troy oz in silver coins. This explains why today there are still more Anglo-Saxon silver coins in Denmark than in England.
WkLod TIL about Guy Tyler, who made hundreds of audio recordings of Native American languages. They provide an archive of languages in danger of being lost to erasure of native culture, as well as helped protect the sacred site at Ward Valley from becoming a nuclear waste dump [link to audio in comments].