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TIL that Hasidic Jews in New York took over a school board, gutting the education system because they thought it was unfair to pay taxes for a service they don’t use.

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yQa TIL Van Partible (creator of Johnny Bravo), Craig McCracken (creator of Powerpuff Girls), and Genndy Tartakovsky (creator of Dexter’s Laboratory) were all roommates in college.
4Xyr5 TIL: of the Church of Universal Suffrage. A religion in the United States that believes all U.S. election days are a religious holiday, legally allowing all members to request ballots by mail.
YpYkr TIL solar eclipses took place both on the day Pope John Paul II was born and the day of his funeral.
awvgM TIL that the longest ship ever built, the Seawise Giant, is longer than the Empire State Building is tall. The ship could reach up to 20 mph and it took 5.5 miles to stop from that speed and the ship had a 2 mile turning circle.
r7r0 TIL that “God rest you merry” is an archaic way of expressing good wishes, so the Christmas carol is “God rest you merry, gentlemen” not “God rest you, merry gentlemen”