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TIL the Mosque of Paris saved Jews during WWII by providing them with fake Muslim IDs.

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YpoKr TIL Central America/Mexico has a jumping spider that exhibits traits and isotopic signatures of herbivorous animals, and while it may steal the occasional ant larvae during particularly dry seasons 90% of it's diet is from protein and fat-rich nubs called Belitan nubs from Mimosaceae trees.
kgLW TIL Meher Baba (an Indian spiritual master) didn’t speak for the last 44 years of his life
MeJv0 TIL that Alan Smithee was the official pseudonym film directors used when they wanted to disown a project.
XEJE8 TIL that "dashboard" was originally a barrier of wood or leather at the front of a horse-drawn carriage or sleigh to protect a driver from mud or other debris "dashed up" by the horses' hooves. Today it refers to the evolution of that flat board which now contains displays, gauges and instruments.
Q8BX TIL A guy called Art Bell radio show claiming he worked for Area 51, moments later the radio transmitter mysteriously was shut down