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[TIL] The Mormon Church donates only about 0.7 percent of its annual income to charity. LDS Church is likely worth $40 billion today and collects up to $8 billion in tithing each year.

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XE1wr TIL the first online transaction was weed bought by Stanford students from MIT students in 1971 or 1972. The deal occurred over the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet which was meant for students to use to communicate with other universities.
p8gmZ TIL O.J. Simpson was found civilly responsible for the murders when the opposing lawyer produced 31 pictures proving OJ lied about ever owning or wearing the same elite shoes the murderer wore
NX7RM TIL that Ronnie and Donnie Galyon, of Beavercreek, Ohio, were born joined at the abdomen Oct. 28, 1951. In 2014, the brothers earned the distinction of being the world's oldest set of conjoined twins shortly before their 63rd birthday.
e06m4 TIL of Aki Ra, a former Khmer Rouge conscripted child soldier who has devoted his life to removing landmines in Cambodia and to caring for young landmine victims. Since 1992 he has personally removed and destroyed as many as 50,000 landmines, and is the founder of the Cambodian Landmine Museum.
x6PQ1 TIL that chocolate bars Picnic, & Cherry Ripe, as well as the Freddo Frog and Old Gold bar chocolate were created by the Australian confectionary company MacRobertson’s. They were also responsible for introducing chewing gum and cotton candy to Australia. They were bought by Cadbury in 1967