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TIL that Islam is younger than Christianity.

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0bjL TIL Stanley Williams, co-founder and leader of the Crips, was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2001, after writing several children’s books urging kids ‘not to make the same mistakes he did’. He was executed in 2005 on charges of quadruple homicide.
jkov TIL of Garfield Minus Garfield, a site dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal Jon Arbuckle as isolated, lonely, and depressed.
16WL8 TIL that there are little-known scientific names for everyday bodily functions like burping and sweating
Wk5XL TIL that crocodiles and alligators are more closely related to birds than they are to lizards or snakes.
4RGR TIL China has a law that requires every citizen over the age of 11 to plant at least one tree per year. As a result, China currently has the highest afforestation rate of any country or region in the world.