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TIL that Green Bay, Wisconsin’s official seal has the Packers logo

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PWjJ TIL - At its MOST liberal estimate, the entire Jewish population of the world is smaller than the acceptable statistical error when approximating the population of China.
4RjR TIL Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was held for extensive questioning after his name came up on an alert for the No Fly List. He was found to be a false positive and was flying into the United States to promote his film “My Name is Khan,” which concerns racial profiling of Muslims in the U.S.
kJOn4 TIL: There are trees that some scientists say can walk up to 20m per year
0OLj TIL Leonardo Dicaprio bought an island in Belize 10 years ago and built the world’s first eco-restorative resort that “restores” the island’s over-fished waters, coastline and forest
6E8jY TIL The Spanish flu was called the Spanish flu primarily due to the fact that Spain was one of the only European countries with free press at the time the epidemic began. The flu itself likely originated in china and was brought to Europe from Chinese labourers sent to help the allies during the war