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TIL one reason why The Ten Commandments are on display at so many courthouses in the US is because Cecil B DeMille gave away 4,000 tablets engraved with the scripture to promote the 1956 film, The Ten Commandments.

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Egd6W TIL cicada wings shed water, dirt, and bacteria and are anti-reflective to avoid detection by predators using nanopillars 4000x thinner than human hair and waxy substances
mGdo TIL of quasar 3c273, which is 4 trillion times brighter than the sun, and 100 times brighter than the output of all the stars in the milkyway. It’s so bright, that if it were 33 light years away, it would shine just as bright in the sky as the sun, which is only 8 light minutes away.
4RPg TIL when an Indian Buddhist monk named Bodhidharma arrived in China. he taught Indian fighting exercises to the Chinese monks in order to improve their physical condition. All kung-fu is thought to have evolved from this beginning.
QOBa TIL the sandwich was supposedly invented by the Earl of Sandwich, who was so addicted to gambling that he refused to leave the table for meals, and demanded something he could eat with one hand. It caught on amongst other players, who ordered “the same as sandwich” - thus, “the sandwich”.
XvB8 TIL: The word ‘Freelance’ comes from 1820 novel ‘Ivanhoe’. It meant a mercenary knight with no allegiance who offered his services in exchange for money.