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TIL Neil Patrick Harris is an award winning magician and serves as the President of the Board of Directors of Hollywood’s Magic Castle.

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VR1B TIL Cuba is 64.1% ethnically white.
okQE TIL that there was widespread and violent persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses during WWII due to their refusal to salute the flag, with the ACLU recording nearly 1500 attacks over a 5 month period around the country.
N70kN TIL that Canadians Citizens/Passport holders do not require a visa for visits/trips under 90 days to The Netherlands, another show of gratitude for Canada's aid during WW2.
V7gk TIL of “shifting baseline syndrome”, where large declines in ecosystems or species are masked as each subsequent generation redefines what they consider a ‘normal’ environment.
E1Qwx TIL on the same day Carol Greider was notified she had won the Nobel Prize of Medicine in 2009, funding for her grant proposal on the very subject she won the Prize for was rejected and deemed, in her words, "not worthy for discussion" less than 3 hours later.