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TIL according to Guinness World Records, the largest church in the world is in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast: The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace

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e0eK4 TIL Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry sold his prized 1959 Les Paul during his divorce and lost track of it until he found Slash in a magazine holding the same guitar. For years Slash refused to sell it back until he finally gave it to Perry as a gift on his 50th birthday.
6RjZ TIL that even though he initially refused it, George Washington’s salary as President ($25,000) equaled 2% of the national budget
prP4 TIL a 62-foot Jesus statue built by a megachurch was struck by lightning and subsequently burned.
6EkJ8 TIL that Bruce Lee was notorious for "kicking the shit out of stuntmen" during fight scenes on the show The Green Hornet and would sometimes jump-kick people on the set. In one instance he dislocated someone's jaw.
ROlQ TIL in 1921, “Black Wall Street” was the wealthiest Black community in America before being attacked by an angry mob which killed hundreds of Black residents and destroyed 35 city blocks.