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TIL about the Good Friday prayer for the Jews, a catholic prayer for Jews to convert. Overtime as antisemitism lessened the phrasing of the prayer was changed. From Jews being described as Perfidis to faithless to somewhat complementing Jews as the first to hear the word of God

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e0bXL TIL that between 1869 and 1923, seven out of the eleven US Presidents were born in Ohio.
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nWo59 TIL about Dracunculiasis or Guinea Worm Disease. A parasite that burrows out of your skin causing debilitating pain.
nW9Y TIL during Hurricane Katrina, police officers responding to reports of gunfire opened fire on an unarmed group killing one person immediately. Two brothers tried to run but were pursued and one, who was developmentally disabled, was gunned down with a shotgun.
jXGv TIL there was once a woman who had immortal cells and scientists are keeping about 50 million metric tons of her cells supplied with fresh nutrients so they can replicate forever.