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TIL That Germany doesn’t recognize Scientology as a religion.

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Ngve TIL Brach’s sells enough candy corn each year to circle the earth 4.25 times if the kernels were laid end to end.
ZpABD TIL in 2008, a single basketball shot may have saved hundreds of lives. Alabama player Mykal Riley made a 3-point-shot that pushed the game into overtime minutes before an EF-2 Tornado passed by. If he had missed that shot, hundreds of fans could have been in the parking lot when the tornado hit.
L9xQ TIL that through the process of grafting it is possible for one tree to produce multiple types of fruit. One remarkable example is the Tree of 40 fruit that produces up to 40 different stone fruits simultaneously
nMOo TIL that there is no scientific basis for the Kübler-Ross “DABDA” model, aka the 5 stages of grief. The author herself insisted the stages didn’t all happen and not in any order. The model was embraced in pop culture because humans are naturally predisposed to explanations that tell a simple story.
00X1 TIL in Islamic law, a woman has the right to annul her marriage if her husband is away for too long because her right to intimacy is paramount