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TIL that it is a sin for followers of Sikhism to force their religion upon you, making it one of the most tolerant religions currently practiced.

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vj88 TIL there was a traffic jam so bad that it lasted for 10 days with some people being stuck for up to 5 days. It was so bad a mini economy formed along the road to provide services to the stuck drivers.
6vnw TIL mathematician, Per Enflo, solved Problem 153 in the “Scottish Book” in 1972, and was awarded a live goose as promised by Polish mathematician, Stansilaw Mazur, who posed the problem in 1936.
xVvp1 TIL: Sexagesimal (base 60) is a numeral system with sixty as its base. It originated with the ancient Sumerians in the 3rd millennium BC, was passed down to the ancient Babylonians, and is still used—in a modified form—for measuring time, angles, and geographic coordinates.
1ZrP TIL a 4 year old girl was the only survivor of a horrific plane crash in Detroit in 1987 because her mother shielded her before impact.
ADMWw TIL that the Vatican has a single pharmacy. The Vatican claims it is the busiest pharmacy in the world with 2,000 daily visitors. Due to complicated Italian laws, the pharmacy has medicines available years before Italian pharmacies. People often visit to buy them.