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TIL several studies suggest Americans consistently over report how much they attend religious services – and actually attend just slightly more than the British and Germans

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N7xeE TIL How much a billion dollars really is. If you were paid 1 dollar a second for 12 days, you would be millionaire. To become a billionaire from this method, it would take over 31 years. So, these two terms should not be seen as interchangeable, as many people would lead you to believe.
4XaKX TIL inmates at Riker's Island are paid $1 an hour to bury unclaimed bodies on Hart Island. I also learned that Hart Island is a place in NYC that used to house an insane asylum for women, city jails, and a "reformatory for vicious boys."
wRN7 TIL the world’s longest place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, “The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one”.
mxdAO TIL Jordan Peele decided to make "Us" a full-on horror film due to people being generally confused over the genre of "Get Out".
X0LnX TIL: There is a study that associated Sandwiches at 35%, fried chicken 40%, and pizza at 80% to obesity among Iranian students. Fast food has been gaining popularity among worldwide and over 50% of college students ate fast food daily. Studies in China, showed 34% of their med students were obese.