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TIL that people of the USA own 46% of civilian held firearms: 120.5 guns for every 100 people.

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ANJZn TIL that (one of) the oldest surviving depiction(s) of Jesus is a piece of graffiti from about 200 AD, mocking a man worshipping a figure on a cross with a donkey head.
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