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TIL: 32% of Iraqis are not sure if Allah exists, 11% of Iraqis think that Allah doesn’t exist

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9Yv6r TIL Students at Columbia College are required to pass a swimming test before receiving their diploma, in addition to its rigorous Core Curriculum
x5d7 TIL that China bans depictions of time travel in films and TV
kJ5oe TIL that despite being as wide as the US, all of China is in the same timezone
nWWjd TIL that in 1985, First Lady Elena Ceaușescu demanded the Piața Romană metro station be removed because she thought "the workers and students were getting fat and needed more exercise". However, the engineers realized the station would be necessary so they built it in secret anyway.
DQO6r TIL in 2006, the football team now known as the Washington Commanders repurposed old bags of peanuts originally supplied to a defunct airline and sold them to attendees of their games. These bags of peanuts were at least 9 months old (they had a recommended shelf life of 3 months).