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TIL Americans’ religious views are closer to people in developing nations than to the publics of developed nations

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jkj TIL it’s a common prank in Japan to shove your fingers into someones ass. It’s called Kancho
p8wBe TIL Your body can’t actually detect oxygen. When you hold you breath and feel the need to breathe, that is your body trying to get rid of carbon dioxide. (4:05 in video)
9wDEG TIL Gabe Newell said he knew "a sea change" was coming for PC gaming distribution, in 1995, when Doom (and id Software's 12 people) was estimated to be installed on more computers than Windows 95 (and its 500-person sales teams). By 2011 Steam had between 50-70% of the market for downloaded PC games
PY4yE TIL That under Saddam's Iraq the Christian Minority was treated no worse equally to the Muslim population and only killed when against Saddam (The Assyrians) In fact Tariq Aziz an Iraqi-Christian even became a close advisor to Saddam.
XZgD TIL Gandhi refused treatment of his dying wife with antibiotics that would have saved her on religious grounds and then took quinine 6 weeks later to stave off malaria