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TIL that for more than four hundred years beginning in the mid-seventh century, some 50 percent of the world’s Christians lived under Muslim rule

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XPAr TIL that some species of Hummingbirds can travel 385 miles on a single gram of fat.
9kdX TIL that Tunisia and Turkey are the only Muslim-majority countries which have banned the hijab in public schools and universities or government buildings.
9wyLD TIL of the Guano Islands Act from 1856 which the US used to lay claim to 100 unpopulated islands
GYAk7 TIL the bodies of Robert Falcon Scott and two others are entombed under 75 feet of ice within the Ross Ice Shelf and will reach the ocean in 275 years, perhaps floating away in an iceberg.
jvrp TIL that although Freddie Mercury was known for his large vocal range, he was actually a baritone. He didn’t believe that his fans would recognize his voice unless he sang as a tenor.