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TIL that a teacher in Florida was suspended for trying to force a Jehovah’s Witness student to pledge allegiance to the U.S flag despite the fact that their denomination forbids doing so.

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GAX7j TIL the lowest reported body mass index (BMI) ever recorded was only 6.7 kg/m²
9wVKG TIL the tallest Iranian, Morteza Mehrzad, is a Two time Gold medal winning Sitting Volleyball Paralympian
R7Naa TIL while trying to find a cure for AIDs, the Mayo Clinic made glow in the dark cats.
BrODK TIL Many of deities worshiped in Hinduism are worshipped in Japan too. They spread to Japan via Korean Peninsula. The mantras which are chanted in Sanskrit language are written in a different script called Siddham (Bonji). The ritual of Havan or Homa (called Goma in Japanese) is also prevalent.
wL5QE TIL in 2020 The U.S. $20 bill will no longer feature President Andrew Jackson on the front, but the American Abolitionst and former slave Harriet Tubman