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TIL UnitedHealth Group made $23 billion in profit last year, over 4x what it made a decade ago

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x6MXk TIL about the Good Friday prayer for the Jews, a catholic prayer for Jews to convert. Overtime as antisemitism lessened the phrasing of the prayer was changed. From Jews being described as Perfidis to faithless to somewhat complementing Jews as the first to hear the word of God
1AEP TIL that the largest producer of rubber tyres in the world by sheer quantity is Lego
N7MBM TIL in their 2002 World Cup qualifying match against Australia, American Samoa had 19 players out because of passport issues and the under-20 team replacements unavailable due to school exams. As a result they only fielded one regular player and lost 31-0.
kODJd TIL Sea mines off the coast of North Vietnam exploded spontaneously all at once; the cause, not determined until decades later, was a solar flare
KYJVw TIL that, Great Wall of China expansion project is believed to be funded by lottery