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TIL that the german state will levy church tax on you if you are religious

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XEEr6 TIL that Goku is 5'9" and 135 lbs.
4kBew TIL the first repeating firearm ever used in a war was the kalthoff repeater during the 1658 Siege of Copenhagen, it boasted a magazine of up to 30 rounds and a rate of fire of up to 1 round per second.
Oj7X TIL Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s first WWF persona was Rocky Maivia, a face (good guy). The audience rejected him due to his cheesy character, with chants of “Die, Rocky, die!”. After this, he became a heel (villain), referring to himself in the third person as “The Rock” and insulting the audience.
RKxj TIL the Latin word “arena” means “sand” and we get it’s modern definition because Romans covered the colosseum floor with sand to absorb blood
LQm99 TIL that Randy Bachman wrote the stuttering parts in their hit song "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" to make fun of his brother's stuttering. The song went to no. 1 on the billboard charts and no. 2 in the UK.