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TIL about Chai tea, naan bread, and double names

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yQbwX TIL That all the victims who jumped from the WTC towers were re-classified as "Fallers", and therefore all their deaths were ruled homicides.
jP5M TIL Jesus encouraged people not to pray out loud, and to practice their religion in private.
BnGb TIL that pink lights – which make skin blemishes more visible –have been installed in public places to deter teenage loitering
mOOo TIL of the Gulabi Gang, a group of Indian women vigilantes and activists who attack abusive husbands and fight against child marriages, the dowry system, and female illiteracy.
epmVn TIL Astronaut Ron McNair played the first musical instrument in space in 1984. He was a tenor saxophone player but could only fit a curved soprano sax. He got to play it in space but there was a media blackout at the time