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TIL that a survey revealed that 56% of Americans said that Arabic Numerals should not be taught in school.For context:Arabic numerals are the numbers that we currently use in all fields of math.

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Bg65d TIL during the 2010 Commonwealth Games small monkeys roamed the Delhi streets and couldn't be removed because of religious reasons. So instead a larger species of monkey (The Colobinae) was brought in to scare away the smaller monkeys.
BrVPb TIL birds are not affected by capsaicin - the chemical compound that makes spicy peppers feel hot. So you can keep squirrels and other animals out of bird feeders by adding some hot peppers.
YYxP TIL the Great Famine of Ireland caused so many deaths, that Ireland’s population still has not recovered (after 150 years)
6177 TIL that Indonesian President Sukarno ordered a Christian Architect to build the largest Mosque in the country. He also ordered it to be build next to a Cathedral and a Church as a symbol of the nation religious harmony and tolerance. (Indonesia has the world largest Muslim population)
b6YjQ TIL that the Subway sandwich Italian BMT was named for the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit System, one of a few companies that once operated the New York subway system.