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TIL a higher percentage of Buddhists and Hindus believe evolution is the best explanation for the origin of human life than nonreligious people.

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46Ng TIL that in 1917, a bank in Utah was built using 80,000 bricks mailed via USPS in 50-pound packages to save on freight costs.
Mk58 TIL that when Arthur Guinness started his brewery in Dublin, he signed a 9000 year lease for the factory with annual payments of £45.
5YKWR TIL that between 1958 and 1967 Charles Lindbergh (born 1902) secretly fathered seven children with three women in Germany. He would visit the children once or twice a year but used the alias Careu Kent and they did not learn his true identity until a decade after his death.
9wryr TIL in 2001, dulce de leche M&M's were introduced in five American cities with large Hispanic populations. The flavor never became popular with the Hispanic community, who preferred existing M&M's flavors, and it was discontinued in most areas by early 2003.
5VY1n TIL on the JH-7 fighter jet's maiden flight (12/07/1988), its engines started vibrating so wildly that by the time it reached the airfield, none of its instruments worked anymore since their connections to the panel had all shaken loose. Nonetheless, the pilot managed to land the prototype safely.