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TIL it has been mathematically proven that in any random group of 23 people, there is always about a 50–50 chance that two individuals within that group will have the same birthday. This is known as the birthday paradox.

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epEp4 TIL that during a power outage in 1994, LA residents made numerous calls to 911 reporting strange silver clouds hovering in the sky. They were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
VBJND TIL that Willie Littlechild, the former Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations, attended a residential indigenous school and was the first “status Indian”to get a law degree in Alberta.
KZw6 TIL that the croissant, due to a legend that it was created to celebrate Christian victories over Islam, has been banned by some Islamic fundamentalists.
oROyK TIL That Hogfish, Pig Fish, and Pork Fish are Kosher