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TIL: 34 percent of people in Lebanon are Christian.

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6Y8Z TIL that Thomas Jefferson tried for years to send a gigantic stuffed moose to a French count to counter claims that the North American climate made all animals (including people) weak and feeble
jNVoQ TIL Some tree species have “crown shyness” when the uppermost branches don’t touch the nearby trees resulting in gaps that resemble channels or zig-zagging.
78dPx TIL Blood Makes up 2.5% of All US Exports
lp0V TIL: Erin Pizzey started one of the first women’s shelters in Canada and the US. Pizzey received death threats and boycotts because of her claim that most domestic violence is reciprocal, and that women are equally capable of violence as men. Pizzey said that the threats were from militant feminists
GYymQ TIL Home Alone was originally financed/produced by Warner Bros. When the budget grew from $13 million to $18 million and no confidence of success, WB dropped the film, which was then picked up by 20th Century Fox. The film grossed $476.7 million worldwide (of which $285.8 million were from America).