› added 4 years ago

73

TIL that Roman Catholicism is the state religion of Costa Rica.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

vQY8 TIL Shaq has a doctorate in education and wrote his thesis on humour in the workplace
kOJ7g TIL in 2008 Dmitry Agarkov changed a credit card agreement to his benefit - and the bank signed it. When in 2010 the bank wanted him to pay late fees, he sued it, as according to the changed deal, it owed him money - 24m rubles (ca. $727k). It all ended with an out-of-court settlement.
OoVA7 TIL The average American loses his or her virginity by age 17. Virgins make up 12.3 percent of females and 14.3 percent of males aged 20 to 24. That number drops below 5 percent for both male and female virgins aged 25 to 29 and goes as low as 0.3 percent for virgins aged 40 to 44.
69A17 TIL tone deafness is not the genetic opposite of having perfect pitch
a8LE0 TIL that not only was Jingle Bells not originally a Christmas song, it was originally written for and sung in a minstrel show by performers in blackface