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TIL C.S. Lewis after being raised in a Christian family, became an atheist at 15, and later became a Christian again after a long discussion with J.R.R Tolkien and Hugo Dyson. He wrote about this in his book Surprised by Joy.

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16AMr TIL about China's Gutter Oil and Spit Oil industry. Where cooking oils are recycled from gutters and sewers, and leftover liquid from someones meal in a restaurant is reused in the next customers meal. It's a common practice despite penalties for the practice including being sentenced to death.
QJyL TIL Rashida Jones sang backup vocals on the first two Maroon 5 albums.
0wjrR TIL that 65-70% of the adults in the world are lactose intolerant because we aren't really made to drink milk after infancy
vaaD TIL that NASA has mapped 100% of Mercury’s Surface
l7og7 TIL about 50% of adults in France are infected with the toxoplasmosis parasite.