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TIL the Vatican has the World’s highest crime rate

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dpjQ TIL those weird times when you learn some new random or obscure piece of information and then proceed encounter it all over the place or run into it conversation soon afterwords does in fact have a name: The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.
kObnB TIL "Happy Birthday To You" was created by a kindergarten teacher Patty Hill and her sister Mildred in 1912. It is the most recognized song in the English language. By one estimate, the song is the highest-earning single song in history.
aveo TIL the Bank of Oklahoma building in Tulsa, OK is a half-size replica of the World Trade Center buildings. It was designed by the same architect, and completed 3 years after WTC.
x7A1 TIL that Ivy League admission processes with their emphasis on “well-rounded” applicants were specifically designed in the 1920’s to keep out Jews.
L5O0 TiL in 2001 in India, red rain fell containing micro organisms which could not be concretely identified as coming from earth.