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TIL Genghis Khan set up an institution that ensured complete religious freedom in the Mongol empire, though he himself was a Tengrist (religion originating from the Eurasian steppes)

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GAVB5 TIL Human were naturally lactose-intolerant. Tolerant people emerged in Europe starting several thousand years ago while people of Africa, Middle East, and Asian remained intolerant.
P5yG TIL Costco sells approximately 60,000,000 rotisserie chickens every year.
Z80GG TIL that for around 6 months following its opening, Disneyland had a lingerie store on Main Street USA. Guests could buy intimate apparel and watch a presentation on the history of women’s underwear, hosted by an animatronic known as the “Wizard of Bras”.
dKYQ TIL there was a man who survives a train derailment, a door coming off of an airplane, a bus crash, a firey car, and two car accidents only to later win the lottery.
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