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Today I learned there there is 1 Christian footballer in Egypt among 540 footballers in the top league despite the fact that Christians are 10% of Egypt's population

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KOwgQ TIL in 1971, a crazed fan shot a flare-gun towards Frank Zappa and his band during a concert in Switzerland. The resulting fire injured several audience members, melted the bands equipment, and destroyed the venue. This incident was the inspiration for Deep Purples, 'Smoke On The Water.'
rNe40 TIL that despite writing massive hits "All Shook Up", "Don't Be Cruel", "Return to Sender" and others, Otis Blackwell never met Elvis Presley in person.
v1wP8 TIL that the county of Dorset in the UK holds an annual knob-eating contest.
VBj0B TIL in 1985 Michael Jackson bought the Lennon–McCartney song catalog for $47.5m then used it in many commercials which saddened McCartney. Jackson reportedly expressed exasperation at his attitude, stating "If he didn't want to invest $47.5m in his own songs, then he shouldn't come crying to me now"
mj5o TIL “The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness”: Despite the the improvement in the lives of women over the past 35 years, measures of subjective well-being indicate that women’s happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men. Women from the 1970s reported higher happiness than men.