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TIL that there are more chickens on planet earth than humans

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QJlJ6 TIL Roman persecutions didn't kill as many Christians as many people assume -- "no more than a few thousand" over three centuries. Contrast that with the up to 10,000 Christians killed by their Christian brothers in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in the 1572.
jDga TIL that the original food pyramid given to the US govt by nutritionists was altered for the benefit of the food industry and grain growers.
lG5a TIL The Gates Foundation spends more on global health each year than the World Health Organization of the United Nations.
rRZx1 TIL in the 1960s you could buy a variety of monkeys from the Sears catalog as pets, each for about $50.
GYDYg TIL that, Kemal Atatürk gave his adopted daughter Sabiha, a surname that translated as 'belonging to the sky'. She soon developed a passion for flying and went on to become the world's first female combat pilot.