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TIL LA Rams owner Stan Kroenke owns the equivalent of four Rhode Islands (2.7 million acres)

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0wGp TIL Jesus Christ is mentioned in the Qur'an five times more often than Muhammad
8aEgZ TIL that China experienced an episode of mango hysteria in 1968. Upon receiving them as diplomatic gifts, Mao had them distributed across the country where songs, poems, rallies and altars were built in the mangoes’ honor. A dentist was even executed for comparing a mango to a sweet potato.
Wkv9Y TIL in 1821, a British ship shipwrecked on Inaccessible Island, part of the most remote island group in the world. For over 4 months the passengers survived on wild celery and animals and built a boat. The 1st boat failed, but they built another and sailed to South Africa. Only 8 of the 54 died.
78aXL TIL a surprising number of cultures believe the "man in the moon" was a wood cutter banished there for a crime.
neglP TIL When we breathe through our nose, we always inhale more air from one nostril than with the other one — and this changes every 15 minutes