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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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AeLl TIL that a furious riot that killed upwards of thirty thousand people in ancient Rome was started when a Roman soldier bared his rear and farted toward an audience of Jews celebrating Passover. This is also considered by many to be the first recorded “mooning”.
mx4QO TIL The voice of the yellow peanut m&m is J K Simmons, the Farmers Insurance guy (and many other things)
lRdN TIL the memory technique that Sherlock Holmes uses, known as a “Mind Palace”, is a real technique and that most of the people who have mastered this practice are of average intelligence.
J1PDV TIL women get smegma too
7AEM TIL a Kansas woman had to be rescued from her boyfriend’s toilet seat. After sitting on it for two years without moving, her body fat had grown attached to the seat.