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TIL that, Hinduism has 5 schools of thought out of 11 that are atheist, largely due to belief in Karma.

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y6JX TIL that among Turkic peoples, there is a sport called “girl chasing”, in which a man and a woman race against each other on horseback. If the man wins, he gets a kiss from the woman. If the woman wins, she gets to beat the man with a whip.
yVyMv TIL In some places in history counterfeitting coins was punishable with being boiled alive in oil
RAx1 TIL that beavers are considered fish by the Catholic Church, allowing them to be eaten during lent.
P1E0e TIL about London's "Frost Fairs" back when the river Thames used to freeze over about once a decade. People would set up shops, pubs and ice skating rinks on a layer of ice thick enough you could walk an elephant on it. The last fair was held in 1814, that was the last time the river ever froze.
ANOro TIL there's a tradition of film directors and studios congratulating each other for beating their box office records