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TIL evidence for the Egyptian enslavement of the Israelites has not yet been found outside of the Bible; only evidence that it never happened

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DQO0D TIL I learned a man named Joel Burger married a woman named Ashley King in 2015.Burger King paid for their wedding.
e4On TIL that Billy Joel stopped a song mid-performance at the Grammys to protest Frank Sinatra’s acceptance speech being cut short to appease advertisers. (moment at three minute mark)
Oo65X TIL that Remote Workers are more productive than their in-office counterparts, according to 59% of employers.
8exEG TIL the derogatory term of "Indians" for indigenous people came from Christopher Columbus thinking America was "The Indies"
6E1LX TIL about Chris Lee Burden, an American performance artist most well known for his work Shoot (1971), in which he had a friend shoot him in the arm using a small-caliber rifle.