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TIL that in Holland,the government introduced a video, which was compulsory viewing for all would be immigrants, showing gay men kissing and topless bathers, with the specific aim of testing muslim attitudes.

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96jX TIL it’s said that when Napoleon claimed to have the power to destroy the Catholic Church, a cardinal responded, “Your majesty, we, the Catholic clergy, have done our best to destroy the church for the last 1,800 years. We have not succeeded, and neither will you.”
wLXKE TIL there is a "forest" covering over 100 acres consisting of over 40,000 trunks of a single tree. The trunks are all connected to the same root system and collectively weigh 6000 metric tons. The root system is an estimated 80,000 years old, though each trunk only lives about 130 years.
4XXV6 TIL that Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan installed an 11 meter (36 ft) tall marble statue of a middle finger directly in front of the Milan Stock exchange as a clear message to Italy's CEOs and Bankers
kOB8m TIL that when washing clothes with modern detergent, cold water is just as effective as warm water, while using 75% less energy
aax0 TIL that sand is a non-renewable resource, and that its world supplies are beginning to dwindle as billions of tons are used in construction each year.