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TIL: Jews make up 62% of religious hate crime victims in the United States.

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4XprR TIL California's economy is now the 5th-biggest in the world, and has overtaken the UK, India & France
BrVpk TIL, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation had a contest to complete the phrase "as Canadian as ____" ....... The winning entry: "As Canadian As Possible, Under the Circumstances"
gME58 TIL Iran's Queen Tadj ol-Molouk played an important part in the abolition of the veil in Iran during the reign of her husband. She was the first Iranian Queen to show herself in public when she attended a gradation ceremony in modern clothes with her two daughters, without veils
4XpZo TIL that, despite having the largest US alligator population, it has been more than 200 years since the first and last Louisianan died to an alligator.
ANd6o TIL Tony Todd, who plays the mortician in the Final Destination movies, knew taking the roll that he only had a few months to live due to cancer. The directors let him improvise his last lines where he said “life is precious, enjoy every single second, you never know when. Good luck”