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TIL African "reverse missionaries" are traveling to Europe to spread Christianity

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EgYRd TIL that in Japan, there's a train station that has no entrance or exit, and it exists only so that passengers can admire the view!
D9MV TIL Samuel L. Jackson once held Martin Luther King. SR hostage at Morehouse College. He was convicted of felony Unlawful Confinement.
Y71DZ TIL of the 1924 Babbs fire, in which young Mary Eden’s body was never found. In 1957, a woman came forward, claiming to be the long-lost child. A local editor knew the story was a hoax, but withheld it until 1999 at the request of the father, who believed his wife could not endure losing Mary again.
oB0Er TIL That at the 1999 US Open, Phil Mickelson’s caddie wore a beeper the whole tournament awaiting a message that Phil’s wife was about to go into labor with their first child. Phil also had a private jet on standby at a nearby airport to get to the hospital for the birth.
X0PRE TIL that frequent blood donation has been shown to reduce the concentration of "forever chemicals" in the bloodstream by up to 1.1 ng/mL, and frequent plasma donors showed a reduction of 2.9 ng/mL.