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TIL donations made by Jewish people often contain the number 18 (like $20.18), or are multiples of 18 (like $108.00). It's called “giving Chai”.

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60JZ TIL that In Kazakhstan, the children’s TV show the Teletubbies was banned by personal order of the president on the grounds that Tinky Winky “was a sexual pervert"
6b08 TIL you could fit all the planets in between Earth and the moon and still have room left over to spare.
KOVJQ TIL The Walt Disney Company is the second largest consumer of explosive devices, only behind the U.S. Department of Defense.
ZpvWR TIL that the low five was invented way before the high five.
aV5o TIL That diamonds were not originally mined, They were actually found alongside or at the bottom of rivers in India.