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TIL that those that identify as “non-religious” make up the third largest religious affiliation group in the world, behind Christianity and Islam.

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RPrl TIL “Bicycle Day” (19th April) celebrates Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann’s discovery of LSD in 1943, and the harrowing ride home on his bicycle after deliberately ingesting a dose of the drug
DDgp TIL you could get fined $2500 PER EGG for importing Kinder Eggs to the US
4XYZR TIL After the collapse of the Soviet Union; over 50% of the nuclear fuel used in America reactors from 1993-2013 came from demilitarized Soviet-era nukes in Russia. The program was called "Megatons to Megawatts" and over 20,000+ warheads were purchased
oBAX8 TIL that despite the popularity of the legend of King Arthur, no English monarch from 1066 onwards ever took the name after coronation
4d7X TIL French Roast Coffee is made using rejected beans and roasted so long the sugars caramelize. The term French Roast is a fancy way of saying the crappy beans.