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TIL nearly 600 Million Hindus were killed under Muslim invaders in India, one of the biggest genocides in the history!

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GX1g TIL in 1524, a statue of the Virgin Mary was found guilty of being a witch and burned.
NXvB8 TIL that 11 basketballs, which is equal to 144 baseballs, can come from 1 cow hide and that beef is, in actuality, the #1 food source for Protein, Vitamin B12, and Zinc.
m0jx TIL the “Nuts” in Honey Nut Cheerios is “natural almond flavour” derived from benzaldehyde which in turn is generally derived from peach and apricot pits.
LAAZ TIL the Mongolian idiom used when someone sneezes: бурхан оршоо бутын чинээ сахал урга. (Translated as “God bless you and may your moustache grow like brushwood.”)
jNBvM TIL That in chess, white is slightly more likely to win than black in competitive matches. White wins 52% to 56% of the time compared to black.