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TIL Quran explicitly says to love Christians.

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wL6LM TIL "His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular" was the official title of Idi Amin, who ruled Uganda.
W75G9 TIL that during an NYC parade to celebrate Jesse Owens after he won four gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics, an anonymous fan handed him a paper bag with $10,000 in cash.
OoG5L TIL David Schwimmer (Ross from Friends) and Stephen Colbert (US Talk-Show host) were in the same improv group at Northwestern University called "The No-Fun Mud Piranhas".
LMgP TIL a Native American Chief ran 150 miles without rest to warn his friends in a white village of an impending attack by other tribes. The Chief died of exhaustion, but the village was saved and named after him.
v8LB TIL 40 million people in China live in caves.