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TIL that 90% of the earth's human population lives in the Northern Hemisphere

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b6lg0 TIL there is an annual competition for scientists to explain their PhD through interpretive dance
A6Za TIL: the Indian state of Nagaland is over 75% baptist, a percentage higher than Texas or Mississippi, making it ‘the most baptist state in the world’.
QbJL TIL that in 1372, the architect Yi Kaizhan was hired to build a fort along the Great Wall of China, and he ordered the exact number of bricks he needed. When his judgement was questioned, he ordered one more brick. The extra brick was never used.
BeGK TIL: The military under Richard Nixon was ordered not to react to any orders from the president due to his depression
EGZV TIL that from the 1860s to the mid 1970s many US cities had ‘Ugly Laws’ making it illegal for people with visible disabilities to appear in public