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TIL: An Indian will spend one-fifth of their life's earning on a wedding ceremony

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MVJA TIL in the 17th century the Roman Catholic Church ruled that the beaver was a fish so that the general prohibition on the consumption of meat on Fridays during Lent did not apply to beaver meat
QNnZE TIL of An open air school in 1957, Netherlands. ⁣In the beginning of the 20th century a movement towards open air schools took place in Europe. Classes were taught in forests so that students would benefit physically and mentally from clean air and sunlight.
4kvZ6 TIL when Lee Harvey Oswald arrived in Moscow, he said to the interpreter about his communist beliefs and intention to obtain the nationality of the USSR. For his twentieth birthday, two days after Oswald's arrival, this interpreter gives him a copy of Dostoevsky’s novel "The Idiot".
yVO7w TIL that bears who develop a taste for human food are put in a sanctuary and given a job testing camping coolers. A cooler has to last 60 minutes to be certified Bear Resistant.
XEmGD TIL: That Charles Manson studied Scientology while incarcerated, Manson completed 150 hours of auditing before declaring Scientology "too crazy".