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TIL that nearly 25% of the world's population is Muslim

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RYKQ TIL on September 2, 1666 a house caught fire in London. Mayor Thomas Bloodworth refused to permit pulling down surrounding buildings to prevent spread saying that, “a woman might piss it out,” and returned home to sleep. The fire then destroyed more than 75% of the city.
vk8r TIL that the production crew for the Rugrats cartoon would often create extremely graphic and lewd storyboards for faux episodes as in-jokes. One such storyboard involved Tommy having sex with his parents.
1aJgP TIL Robert Opel streaked 1974 Oscars, then ran for president with the slogan “Not Just Another Crooked Dick” in 1976, and then was suspiciously murdered at his gay art studio in 1979.
lwl1 TIL Russian hamsters are monogamous and particularly male hamsters may become very depressed if separated with their mate; becoming inactive, eating more and showing similar behavior to depressed humans.
R5MK1 TIL Texas and California have bigger GDPs (2022) than most counties ranked by GDP. California's massive 3.6 trillion GDP and Texas's similarly massive 2.4 trillion GDP puts them at rank 4th and 6th respectively among other countries in the world.