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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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b6LNp TiL that the Murphy in Murphy's Law (anything that can go wrong will go wrong) and the Peter in Peter's Principle (employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are incompetent) were real people.
QnLk TIL More than half of all African-American children live in single-parent homes
v1kQB TIL that the first countries to elect females as the head of government were in Asia - Sri Lanka in 1960, India in 1966, and Israel in 1969. The first European country to elect a female head of government was the United Kingdom, in 1979
ADXLo TIL In 1983, UK, a man confessed to murder of his wife 2 decades ago after a human skull was found behind his house, only for carbon dating to discover that the skull was actually 1700 years old, while his wife's body were never found. He tried to revoke his confession and failed.
NNpN TIL Ringo Starr temporarily quit the Beatles during the recording of the White Album in 1968. The drum track for “Back In the U.S.S.R.” Was played by Paul McCartney.