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TIL 16% of the world’s population, 1.1 billion are atheists, agnostics and people who do not identify with any particular religion

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R5WAl TIL about underwater hockey, also known as Octopush, which is played by holding your breath in a 2 metre deep pool while manoeuvreing a puck across the bottom of a swimming pool using only one hand into the other team's goal with a mini hockey stick/pusher up to 25 metres away at the opposite end
0d4Oj TIL of the existence of the English speech contraction “there’re”.
6ENoQ TIL about David Voelkert, a 38 year-old who befriended a 17 year-old teen on Facebook and told her he wanted to kill his ex-wife. The teen was actually his ex who got him arrested. David was freed after he gave a notorized affidavit to prove he knew all along it was his ex trying to mess with him.
M7DdW TIL: The Movie Chicago (2002) is based on the Musical Chicago (1975), which is based on the Play Chicago (1926), which is inspired by the real events of two women in prison for murder in 1924. They really both reached for the gun.
QJrdd TIL That the Catholic Church basically caused slavery in North America through Spain and Portugal