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TIL US Veterans Can Choose an Atheist Headstone Emblem (an Atom with an A in the center)

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R8o1 TIL some people get “weather headaches” from changes in barometric pressure
D18lJ TIL about the "Third Defenestration of Prague". In 1618 three Catholic officials were thrown out of the window of Prague Castle by an angry mob of Protestants. This led to The Thirty Years' War - the deadliest war in European history.
lQLr TIL The United States has just 4.4% of the world population, but 22% of the worlds prisoners
Bg7NK TIL that the English artist L. S. Lowry (1887–1976), famous for his paintings depicting industrial scenes in England's North West, holds the record for the most British honours rejected, declining them on five occasions, including a knighthood in 1968.
78lrL TIL as of 2014, Peru was, with around 2349 people, the country with the most citizens named Hitler