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TIL that the Catholic Church is the largest (non-governmental) provider of healthcare in the world

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VMO10 TIL that the National Orchestra of Wales used a "sound box" so deaf people can experience a concert. Through vibrations, it transmits music to people with their hands on it or even lying on top of it. One participant called it "something none of us would ever have thought that we would experience."
Q5od TIL Hershey Bars contain only 11% cacao, only 1% more than the FDA legal minimum to be called chocolate.
rRENM TIL about UY Scuti. It is the largest star we have ever discovered, and is thought to be the largest star in our galaxy. If it were to replace our Sun, its surface would reach the orbit of Saturn.
0wNPR TIL that a female rattlesnake had been isolated in captivity for 5 years before giving birth to offspring, indicating that she had stored the sperm from a mate for at least that many years.
1vB4 TIL Near the end of WWII, after viewing films of Nazi concentration camps, many German prisoners in the U.S. formally burned their uniforms and volunteered to fight in the war against Japan.