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TIL that Mother Teresa secretly confided in friends frequently about her lack of belief in God

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PMRG TIL That the Trans-Siberian Orchestra has donated over $10,000,000 to charity since they started touring.
awxnL TIL the creators of Curious George fled Paris on homemade bicycles just hours before Hitler's army invaded during WWII. The Reys decided they wanted to bring several in-the-works manuscripts with them and managed to pack five in their meager belongings. One of them was the first Curious George book
69yj7 TIL that Niger has highest total fertility rate and its more than 3 times the replacement rate
9wODG TIL Wayne Brady wrote a spoken word called: “A Piece by the Angriest Black Man in America (or, How I Learned to Forgive Myself for Being a Black Man in America)”
6E7aY TIL Nicholas Culpeper, a 17th century physician married to wealthy heiress, enabling him to provide services free of charge while translating Latin medical text into English then sold them very cheaply for the poor who can't afford expensive physicians