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TIL that of 1763 recorded wars, only 123 (7%) of them had a religious cause.

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Wkbr8 TIL that the singer for the Canyonero theme song in The Simpsons was Hank Williams Jr.
GYZv5 TIL Amy Carter (daughter of President Jimmy Carter), has been arrested 4 times: three times for protesting against Apartheid and once for protesting against CIA recruitment in college
x6QYb TIL of Jevons Paradox, an economic theory stating that as the efficiency of a resource improves, the overall consumption of that resource increases rather than decreases
6EmPZ TIL that today 60 years ago the strongest earthquake ever recorded occurred (9.5), so strong it sent a 10m tsunami wave 10,000km to Hawaii.
A7ko TIL Inventor of James Bond and all around bad ass ex-spy, Ian Fleming, also wrote the famous children’s book “Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang”, later adapted to screen by fellow ex-bad ass spy, Roald Dahl. Both served in the same British intelligence agency.