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TIL that over 390,000 people in Britain listed their religion as Jedi in 2001

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0w55j TIL that male cichlids have oval-shaped dots on their anal fins called egg-spots used to trick females who are carrying unfertilised eggs in their mouth to think they’ve dropped some. The female will then place her mouth to the anal fin and receive a load blown into her face.
j6AlM TIL that Zarqāʾ al-Yamāma, who was known for her blue eyes and sharp eyesight in pre-islamic Arabia and Hind Bint al-Nu`man, the Christian daughter of the last Lakhmid king of Hira were the first known Lesbian couple in Arabia.
PYDNJ TIL that the Menendez brothers are on a basketball card, photographed shortly after they murdered their parents.
1aO9X TIL that Calvinist Christians believe that people can be saved of their inherently sinful nature, but they have no choice about it. God chooses who receives salvation before they're even born. Many Baptist, Presbyterian, and Church of Christ churches adhere to Calvinist doctrine.
oBnEK TIL that shortly before the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese government sent its declaration of war to its embassy in America. However, the message was so long and confusingly worded that by the time the embassy had it decoded and translated, the attack had already finished.