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TIL: The Mormon Church only gives 0.7% of their income to humanitarian causes. In comparison, the Methodists give 29%

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l7LD1 TIL Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great’s harem housed over 5,000 women, from concubines to queens, each chosen for beauty, wit, or politics. Marrying Hindu princesses for alliances, Akbar turned his harem into a melting pot of power, where women influenced court politics and cultural fusion thrived.
x6Z07 TIL about Makt Myrkranna, a supposed Icelandic translation of Bram Stoker's Dracula which was later discovered to be a complete rewrite of the story.
yV7Ov TIL Giorgio Moroder (electronic music pioneer) once released an album with Michael Holm titled Spinach, whose cover art featured a nude woman covered in the titular vegetable.
EgVDV TIL that DJ Steve Aoki’s father is the founder of the Benihana restaurant chain
yQA6a TIL of Susanne Ripton, a Jew who survived the holocaust as a child. In 1940, when she was 4, soldiers broke into her home in Paris. She was saved when a neighbour rushed in and said that she was her daughter. She spent years hiding. In 1969, she discovered her parents had been killed at Auschwitz.