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TIL that in 2005 individuals gave $199 billion in donations. $93 billion of that was given to the church.

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6EylJ TIL for an entire season Michael Jordan would bet Scottie Pippen on the Jumbotron races during timeouts (but MJ would have the scoreboard operator tell him the outcome ahead of time).
XE4D8 TIL Bill Murray attended a showing of the Groundhog Day musical and then returned the next day to see the show again.
4RbX TIL that after 10 years of consecutive employment every Australian is entitled to 2 months of paid vacation time
QJoXM TIL an Atlas nuclear missile silo in Kansas was converted to luxury condos for survivalists
D1drp TIL about Polish-American painter and sculptor Stanisław Szukalski, who claimed to have dissected his father’s body following a car accident to study its form. The artist, who refused to work from live models, was often asked where he learned anatomy. He always answered, "My father taught me".