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TIL that everyone in Iceland pays church tax, and the payment of those unaffiliated with a church goes to the University of Iceland [at least as of 2004]

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6Kdl TIL that John Green played FIFA as the club AFC Wimbledon, uploaded it to YouTube and then donated the ad revenue to the club itself. As a result, he is listed as an official sponsor and has a logo on the club’s kit as well as a stand named after him.
vmK TIL that gender gap in performance of elite athletes is almost exactly 10%. Scientific evidence suggests that women will not run, jump, swim or ride as fast as men.
lobka TIL an NHK survey revealed that 29% of Japanese respondents believed that "being drunk together" = consent to have sex (link and translation in comments)
KpMB TIL Genghis Khan killed so many people he cleaned about 700 million tons of Carbon from the atmosphere. It may be the first case of man made global cooling.
d8oxd TIL that the word "noon" derives from "nona hora," or "ninth hour," and used to mean 3pm.