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TIL that one in 20 Americans say they are willing to use violence against “a person who does not share their religion."

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P19dg TIL the name Dennis is derived from Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by wine.
RJ98 TIL “hedgehog’s dilemma” describes hedgehogs’ inability to cuddle for warmth due to their spikes, and is a metaphor for the challenges of human intimacy.
VMOQB TIL: The South Korean boy band "BTS" is responsible for 0.4% of South Korea's entire GDP. Making the band as valuable to South Korea's economy as multinational giants like Samsung and Hyundai.
wLKy7 TIL astronaut Gus Grissom named the Gemini 3 Molly Brown, in the hope that it wouldn't sink after splashdown. NASA didn't like it and asked him to change the name, to which he replied, "How about the Titanic?" NASA relented, but this was the last time astronauts were allowed to name their capsule.
W70rY TIL the only wedding ceremony of a president serving in the White House was Grover Cleveland in 1886. At 49, he married a 21-year-old woman he had previously been the legal guardian of, and John Philip Sousa provided the music.