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TIL Christianity is the fastest growing religion in Iran.

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1abrd TIL Chris Henry (former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver) represented the first case where an active player had died and was diagnosed with CTE.
GQWG TIL Nicolas Cage was also offered the role of Neo in The Matrix, but turned it down saying that he was not mature enough as an actor.
Y7gxZ TIL that the Order of the Crescent is an organization of knights of the Ottoman Empire, and the first knight is Horatio Nelson, who was crowned in the victory at the Battle of the Nile.
Lk0Zv TIL that "Zohnerism", the use of true fact(s) to lead a scientifically ignorant public to a false conclusion, was coined after 14yr old Nathan Zohner convinced his classmates to join in on banning the ''dangerous chemical dihydrogen monoxide'' (water) from school for an experiment about gullibility.
4koOw TIL that in 1968, students at the University of Colorado named their new cafeteria after Alfred Packer, a notorious self-confessed cannibal in Colorado history.