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TIL: Amish beards have no mustache because they associate them with the military, and they're pacifists

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jN0Nj TIL that One World Trade Center, at 541 meters (1776 feet) is taller than the combined height of the tallest buildings in Wyoming, Vermont, Maine, South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, and West Virginia.
evWE TIL Germany once refused to sell a French imported liqueur, stating public health and safety concerns that the low alcohol percentage would cause people to build up a tolerance towards alcohol
BgJAk TIL Dostoievsky's greatest joy was writing the character of 'Karazinov', in 'The Devils' (1872), a scurrilous portrait of his rival, the poet Turgenev. When a fire broke out on board a ship, Turgenev apparently rushed from one crewman to the next, screaming, "Save me! I am my mother's only son!".
K9X9 TIL The NHL designed a puck with IR sensors in it to track it - that’s how they made it glow in the 90’s
4jNN TIL we have reached “peak child” some years ago. The number of children in the world is not increasing anymore and global fertility is trending downwards