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TIL There are ~1.9 billion Muslims in the world, and only ~16 Million Jews.

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Y7DXA TIL there's a monument dedicated for Diethyl Ether in Boston, Massachusetts
rRvLw TIL that the copyright for Anne Franke's diary was due to expire in 2016. To prevent it from falling into public domain, in 2015 the Anne Frank foundation added her father Otto Frank as a co-author.
E1RyP TIL- Peter Sagan, 3 time road cycling World Champion once offered a man to swap the jacket that caused Sagan to crash during the race, for a World Champion jersey that Sagan used during the race. The deal fell through as the man demanded money for his journey to Paris and money for a new jacket
mJyp TIL: Ronald Reagan seriously declared “Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.”
jN8gN TIL a single type of MP3 player, the S1 one, was sold under dozens of different brand names, including counterfeits of iPod, Samsung and Sony trademarks, and with various case designs.