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Til the name “Jesus” is the result of several incorrect translations of “Yeshua”.

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46gw TIL that there has always been exactly 425 licensed gondoliers in Venice, and up until 2010 not a single one was a woman.
GY1QN TIL a German Professor during WW1 recorded the voice of many Indian PoWs, a unique project at a PoW camp outside Berlin. In Tamil and Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu and more, these men speak and sing of home. Now available in the Humbolt archives.
v1eLj TIL that wasabi is so expensive and difficult to grow, that almost all of it on the market is in fact dyed horseradish.
woNDP TIL Emperor Yao Chang of 4th century China had killed the emperor he had formerly served. Later he felt the late emperor's spirit was aiding his avenging army, and made a shrine for the emperor he himself killed, asking for bygones be bygones and to protect him from his avenging troops.
BNb TIL that animals can have accents too