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TIL Rastafarianism is the 5th-largest religion in the United States

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e0WYJ TIL that bears get tapeworms from eating the salmon. They often extrude from the bear’s backside and can trail behind them for up ten feet.
WLE8 TIL The “Portland Vase”, a wonder of ancient glass work crafted when Augustus Caesar ruled the Roman Empire, was broken in 1845 by a drunken visitor to the British Museum when he threw a sculpture at it.
Oo44g TIL: There is an underground coal mine on fire in Pennsylvania
yQ4Mw TIL African gray parrots will help other members of their species in need, the first time such charitable behavior has been documented among birds.
Egl1o TIL about Jesse Heiman, a prolific background extra in tv and film. He has 108 credits including Spider-Man, The Social Network, Transformers, Monk, How I Met Your Mother and many more. It’s believed he is the most recognizable extra in film history.