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TIL Jediism is a recognized religion, and that there are more Jedi than Scientologists in Britain

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jNJLp TIL of a Tumu crisis of 1449. A mongol army of 20,000 wiped out a force of 500,000 chinese imperial soldiers in one single battle. At the time that was about the entire population of the kingdom of Scotland
DQQJV TIL even though Canada is officially a bilingual country, it only has one province that is also officially bilingual: New Brunswick. About 35% of New Brunswickers are bilingual, second only to the province of Quebec.
YQgv TIL the Alpine swift can stay in flight for over 6 months without landing once.
4kERg TIL: Bosses spend significantly more personal time on social media during work hours than their subordinates, according to a Norwegian study of more than 11,000 people.
d8wrE TIL that pepperoni isn't Italian... it's Italian-American. In fact, in Italy "peperoni" means bell peppers.