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TIL that Chinese are almost twice as likely to believe in evolution as Americans (74% versus 42%).

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nWoyY TIL the microstate of Andorra gets visited by an amount of tourists equal to its population every three days on average.
vRjr TIL in 2002, Sega’s president donated all ~$695 million of his own company stock to save Sega from going bankrupt due to the Dreamcast; he died shortly afterwards.
Z8KdD TIL the Knights Templar invented international banking and payable checks
ebrk TIL Babies can only see in black, white and grey for three months.
GxE5 TIL Roman Emperor Commodus was known to fight exotic animals in the arena, often to the horror of the Roman people. He once killed 100 lions in a single day. For each appearance in the arena, he charged a million sesterces, straining the Roman economy.