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TIL Sierra Leone is one of the worlds most religiously tolerant nations, they are celebrating both christian and Muslim holidays, vote for candidates with no regard for their religious alignment. Christian and Muslim leaders meet in a Inter-Religious Council to promote understanding and tolerance.

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Okv7 TIL 50% of all nail salons in the USA are owned & operated by Vietnamese immigrants and their descendents.
kvZ5 TIL Thomas Silverstein has been in solitary confinement for ~29 years, which is longer than any other prisoner in the Bureau of Prisons.
XE6VQ TIL that a synthetic version of horseshoe crab blood has existed for 15 years and that the practice of bleeding horseshoe crabs alive by the pharmaceutical industry is outdated and unnecessary. Some companies are beginning to commit to the humane synthetic alternative.
w0Oo TIL That when the trench gun was introduced by the U.S. during World War One, the German Government issued a diplomatic protest claiming that the shotgun was prohibited by the law of war.
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