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TIL that despite having a 95% Muslim population, Christmas is an extremely popular holiday in the west African nation of Senegal, which has a tradition of Muslims and Christians adopting each other's holidays

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b6rYE TIL about "Refrigerator Women", a trope in fiction where a female character is killed or seriously injured as a plot device to motivate the male characters, an example of which being the death of Gwen Stacey (Emma Stone) at the end of The Amazing Spider-Man 2
RmAw TIL Dip your razor blade in alcohol after you rinse it. Alcohol replaces the water that would cause it to rust.
M7QZb TIL that flight recorders must be able to withstand an acceleration of 3400 g for 6.5 milliseconds and that this is roughly equivalent to an impact velocity of 270 knots (310 mph; 500 km/h).
loNa5 TIL Canada supplies 72 terawatts of power to the USA, enough electricity to light up every home in the USA 7,200 times over
neDXd TIL about The Independent, the tallest building in Austin, Texas. It has been nicknamed the "Jenga Tower" and the "Tetris Tower" due to the unique design of “overhanging / suspended” sections