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TIL The keys to the holiest site in Christianity are kept by a Muslim family that opens the church every morning. Meant to keep the peace between the denominations this arrangement has been in place since 1187 ce.

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nePN7 TIL that if a consumer goes to court when sued by a debt collector and demands to see the evidence of their debt, the case is likely to be dropped (listen to the Prologue, can start at about 6:00 in)
8ykV TIL Sean Penn once tied Madonna to a chair and beat her. After nine hours she escaped and made it to a police station.
kgBd TIL in 1984, a 1-year-old received a heart transplant from a baboon but ended up dying 21 days later due to rejection. When questioned with why a baboon and not a primate more closely related to humans, the surgeon said he didn’t believe in evolution.
mXvy TIL The Wounded Warrior Project received 150 million in contributions in 2011 and only granted about 5 million to actual wounded warriors. That’s only about 3 cents of every dollar given to those in need.
78AKb TIL That there was a "professional, cuddler, kisser and hug enthusiast" called Anton Vasilov Tsvetkov, born in Bulgaria. He pioneered the field of "therapeutic touch" in Eastern Europe.