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TIL the shrew family has probably the largest population of any mammal family, estimated to be at 100 billion.

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b6ZMQ TIL that we have the skull of Mary Magdalene housed in a basilica in France. It was found in 1279 with a wooden tablet wrapped in wax that said, “Hic requiescit magdelenae corpus Mariae,” Latin for, “Here lies the body of Mary Magdalene.”
woPGY TIL in 2007, Malaysia sent its first astronaut to the ISS. The government and Islamic scholars also wrote that in order to pray, Muslims in space should face Mecca if possible; but if not, they could face the Earth generally, or just face “wherever.”
8eyGP TIL: Nixon got 18 million more votes than McGovern in 1972 elections but the Democrats got 4 million more votes for house
1amvr TIL of Stendhal Syndrome, an overwhelming, heart-racing ecstasy that occurs when exposed to art works of great beauty.
xVmY0 TIL the University of Nevada at Las Vegas has a Center for Gaming Research and it is actually about gambling, which is also interesting.