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TIL 63% of Arab Americans are Christian

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9YKyr TIL in 1857 Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as Canada’s capital because it was the midpoint between Toronto & Montreal thus a political compromise between English speaking & French speaking Canada
oLpK TIL during the LA riots a group of Korean American business owners fought against looters and rioters with shotguns and semi-automatic weapons from the rooftops of their business.
9QA7 TIL Stephen Sondheim, write of West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, etc. considers the movie “South Park: Bigger, Longer, an Uncut” one of the best MUSICALS of our generation.
R7bZl TIL one of the last wishes of Terry Pratchet, author of the Discworld Universe, was to have all his unfinished works crushed by a steamroller. The author’s wishes were fulfilled in 2015 when he passed from Alzheimer’s and the reason for it was so his work wasn’t mishandled after his death.
AYno TIL renown Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has purchased the entire worlds supply of donkey cheese, ensuring that the delicacy is only served in his restaurants.