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TIL Quran explicitly says to love Christians.

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l75lA TIL there was a “We Are the World 2” for Haiti earthquake relief
kJP8E TIL that it was practically illegal to own gold in the US from 1933 to 1974. Roosevelt signed an Executive Order to force all citizens to turn in almost all gold for about $20 per ounce, then declared the value of $20 in gold to be worth $35 in paper currency - creating a massive inflation.
e0bkk TIL In 1989 a Crane Operator in San Francisco has Dumped a Stone Parking Barrier in the Golden Gate Park. 4 Years Later local Hindus discovered that stone and began worshipping it until the authorities remove it in 1994.
E19b7 TIL that Nickelback is the second most successful foreign band in the US ever behind The Beatles
grlP7 TIL that because of being descendants of Alexander Pushkin, who himself was a descendant of Abram Petrovich Gannibal, several members of British aristocracy would have African ancestry.