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TIL despite Christians making up only 1.5% of the population of Japan, the majority of Japanese people are married in a Christian ceremony. By contrast, the traditional Shinto ceremony makes up only 1 in 6 Japanese weddings.

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b9elN TIL about Endometriosis. An excruciatingly painful condition in which uterine tissue is shed and grows on intestines, chest, bladder and elsewhere. That tissue goes through the same process during menstruation, which means the tissue sheds, bleeds, and causes inflammation anywhere it has attached.
788kP TIL during WWI, President Wilson recruited "Four Minute Men" - 75,000 volunteers gave 4-minute public speeches nationwide to encourage patriotism and participation in the war effort. An estimated 7.5 million talks were given to 300+ million listeners (in a nation of 103 million) in just 18 months.
oBkvA TIL in the 1792 Presidential election, George Washington got 100.0% of the vote. Which was only 28,579 votes.
P14XJ TIL the 14-year-old actress in Kubrick's Lolita was apparently having a real-life "Lolita" experience with a 32-year-old producer during filming
R71P9 TIL of Mockbusters, ripoffs of Blockbusters including the 1998 "Secret of Mulan" which ripped off Mulan and A Bugs Life, where all the characters were bugs.