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TIL: Christianity is the most persecuted Religion in Modern Times

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4X9Wb TIL Tony Hendra, the actor who plays Spinal Taps manager Ian Faith attempted suicide the night before the first day of filming. He credits the joy he received from making this movie with bringing him back from his depression.
lovJN TIL That in 1962, a US spy plane pilot wandered off course and penetrated Soviet airspace, where he avoided intercept by Soviet MiGs, ran out of gas and glided back to Alaska. And oh -- this was right in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1468 TIL “the origin of the phrase ‘a taste of your own medicine’ comes from Aesop’s famous story about a swindler who sells fake medicine, claiming that it can cure anything. When he falls ill, people give him his own medicine, which he knows will not work.”
dOX7 TIL If Walmart Paid Its Employees a Living Wage, Prices Would Go Up only 1.4%. That means your Xbox one would only be about $5 extra and only about $0.50 to $1.00 extra for your games
nagb TIL that Watson, the Jeopardy! playing supercomputer, was taught slang from Urban Dictionary. His creators had to wipe Watson’s memory.