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p8Ax8 TIL that in the Book of Job, Job does not maintain his faith in God's goodness — he even repents for his doubt.
X04Z8 TIL that a human scientist mind-controlled a cybernetic rat's movement with a brain-to-brain interface
l71a1 TIL on December 18th 1944 the US, with approval from Chiang Kai-shek, firebombed the city of Wuhan. The city burned for 3 days and 40,000 civilians were killed.
78Pdx TIL A 'munchy box' is a popular take away food item in Scotland typically consisting of kebab meat, fried chicken, pizza, chicken tikka, samosas, onion rings, chow mein noodles, pakora, naan bread, garlic bread, coleslaw, other fast foods and sauces such as curry sauce.
KO9JE Today I Learned: Gargoyles are fancy rain gutters. In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved or formed grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building, thereby preventing rainwater from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between.