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TIL Shaquille O'Neal is a Freemason

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0wLx1 TIL, Saint Edith Stein was a Jewish convert to Roman Catholicism. In 1942, she became a prisoner of the Nazis. A dutch official offered her escape from Auschwitz but she refused, preferring to "share in the fate of her brothers and sisters".
a8vjM TIL that alleles have a big impact on your sexuality
pYGy8 TIL that the CIA spent $20 million to train and modify a cat to be a spy only to have it get run over on its first mission.
0dPlj TIL Neurosurgeons make equal or more than the PM of canada
E1Kyp TIL in one study that took place in front of an escalator and a parallel staircase, the placement of a motivational poster that promoted using the stairs, doubled the amount of stair use. After removal of the poster, the effect gradually decreased back to zero.