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

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xVkXw TIL that "Caitlin" is an Irish name historically pronounced "Kathleen" or thereabouts (in the same way that "Sean" is "Shawn"). In non-Irish countries, it has been pronounced "Kate-Lynn" or similar since the 1970's.
J1x4 TIL The product of any four consecutive numbers is divisible by 24.
Nn5M TIL: The Arab slave-trade trafficked 10-18 million people from Africa, Europe and Asia to the Middle east.
b95jN TIL Napoleon married Marie Antoinette's great niece, Marie Louise, by proxy, who grew to like him after hating him at the beginning
labr TIL Denmark was the first country to be fully transplanted into the Minecraft games, the government hoped it could help make lessons more fun for students until hackers ‘bombed’ Minecraft version of Denmark in cyber-attack