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TIL that had “Jedi” been counted as an answer in the 2001 census it would be the second largest religion in New Zealand.

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xax7 TIL that the proof for 1+1=2 is 52 steps long
XEgO8 TIL Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula has the highest concentration of active (29) volcanos on Earth. Separated by only 180 kilometers (110 miles), 4 of them, Shiveluch, Bezymianny, Tolbachik, and Kizimen were all erupting simultaneously on January 11, 2013.
14VD TIL that Patrick Stewart voiced Emperor Uriel Septim VII, in the Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, and Sean Bean voiced his son, Emperor Martin Septim.
9YdAB TIL: Lawrence Fishburne was just 14 when production started on Coppola's Apocalypse Now, after lying about his age to get the part of Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller.
ep4aJ TIL spectators can be penalty carded in the sport of fencing