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TIL that 390,000 UK citizens reported their religion as “Jedi” in a 2001 census.

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grgBD TIL that Chinese labour camp prisoners were forced by their guards to farm World of Warcraft gold that was then sold for real money. If the prisoners didn't meet their gold quotas they were beaten by the guards.
X0vD6 TIL a teen got hyperacusis after an airhorn was blasted near her ear. Her type of hyperacusis makes her so sensitive to sound that it hurts and caused her to drop out of school because the voices of teachers were too painful. She also needs special noise cancelling headphones at the mall.
8ax84 TIL That the longest marriage ever recorded was 87 years long. Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher were married on May 13, 1924, and stayed together until Herbert passed away in 2011 at the age of 105. Zelmyra passed away two years later, also at the age of 105.
OG087 TIL of Nakahama Manjirō, a 14-year-old fisherman who was shipwrecked on an island with four friends. They were rescued by an American whaleship, who took them to Honolulu, where his friends stayed. Manjirō continued on to Massachusetts and become the first Japanese person to land on mainland USA.
9wQgQ TIL about the The Difficult Conversations Lab where strangers who strongly disagree on a controversial topic are matched up to debate.