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TIL that only about 50% of Americans know that Judaism is older than Christianity.

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grl48 TIL The F-104 Starfighter jet had such an abysmal safety record it was called the Widowmaker in West Germany. 292 of 916 units were lost to accidents there. Other countries reported similar rates
neeOr In part, we’re really just going back to our caveman roots.
rRyRw TIL that 54% of office employees would be willing to leave their jobs for more flexible work times.
D1Y1P TIL of "After School Satan", an after school program run in public schools across the US by The Satanic Temple, which emphasizes a scientific and rationalist, non-superstitious world view.
78RKP TIL Ginkgo trees are so hardy that six of them are known to have survived the atomic bomb and are still growing in Hiroshima. The species of these trees is called relict. This is because they have been living on the planet for more than 200 million years.