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TIL that the Catholic Church is the largest non-government provider of education and medical services in the world.

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wL6pM TIL out of the three different types of lightning, ground to cloud lightning is the rarest, but the most dangerous. The reason why it is called “ground to cloud” is that the flash itself comes up from the ground.
NXxP1 TIL the song Yankee Doodle was originally a dis track sung by British military officers mocking the disheveled, disorganized colonial forces and implying colonists were lower-class men who lacked masculinity,
Kg6B TIL country singer Dolly Parton anonymously entered a “Dolly Parton look-alike contest” but lost to a drag queen.
9wNnD TIL that a star is born every 0.0002 seconds, 4800 per minute
ggZb TIL that Japanese handsaws cut on the pull stroke, which is more efficient, whereas American handsaws cut on the push stroke.