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TIL Christianity is the fastest growing religion in Iran

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VBQpm TIL when the show "Cops" was originally developed, the idea was to have the cameras follow the police officers home to get insight into their personal lives
EJrP TIL that “Danger Zone” was originally going to be sung by the band ‘Toto’, but arguments with the band’s lawyers prevented this. Bryan Adams and REO Speedwagon were also approached but declined, leading To Kenny Loggins involvement.
OGA9L TIL in 1905, a minor league baseball player named Andy Oyler hit a home run where the ball only traveled two feet. It had been raining and he hit it right in front of him into the mud and the defense couldn’t find the ball before he rounded the bases.
xVygw TIL Charles Babbage lost 2 games of chess to the Mechanical Turk, an automaton with a chess player hidden inside that fooled people that a machine could play chess. He knew it was a hoax but it inspired his work on the Difference Engine and then the Analytical Engine, the world's first computer.
6EnNQ TIL that Dimebag Darrell almost joined Megadeth, but declined because there were no spots for Pantera's drummer and Dimebag's brother Vinnie Paul.