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TIL: Christianity is the most persecuted Religion in Modern Times

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QNZDd TIL in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, there is a giant statue of Santa holding a butt plug.
6M1Q TIL In Finland, traffic fines are proportionate to the latest available data on an offender’s income. In 2002, a Nokia director got a $103,600 fine for breaking the speed limit in Finland. He was driving at 75 km/h (47 mph) in a 50km/h (31 mph) zone.
W7jOA TIL In Canada, all of Yukon, most of Saskatchewan, and parts of Nunavut, Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec do not observe DST.
awQjM TIL the oldest evidence of writing in the western hemisphere is a 3000 yr old stone tablet found by construction workers in Veracruz, Mexico and proved the Olmecs were a literate civilization.
M7o8a TIL the "Tommy Gun" was the 1st weapon labelled a "submachine gun." It originally sold for $200 in 1921 and has since become a collector's item. Today a gun can fetch between $25K-$45K with a model believed to be owned by Bonnie & Clyde selling for $130K.