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TIL that when a school shooter killed 5 amish girls at an amish school, the amish community responded by starting a charity fund for the family of the shooter.

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QRlk TIL Christianity is increasingly popular among China’s youth. As many as 100 million people, or 7 percent of the population, have converted to the religion. The city of Wenzhou alone has more than 1,100 churches.
9wgQX TIL. About 10% percent of Union soldiers in the American civil war were under the age of 18. The official enlistment age was 18 but many lied about their ages to be able to fight. Some even ran away from home to do so.
MDPA TIL the black guy who played operator in The Matrix (Tank) is Tommy Chong’s son
d8j08 TIL At 1:10 a.m. on May 9, 1945, night owls in the USSR heard a radio report that Nazi Germany had officially surrendered to the Soviet Union. Rather than wait until morning to celebrate, citizens took to the streets in their pajamas. 22 hours later, the entire country had run out of vodka.
M7Z7W TIL in 1994 Madonna appeared on David Letterman’s talk show swearing, making sexual innuendos and even trying to get Letterman to sniff her underwear. She later claimed her behaviour was influenced by her dating Tupac Shakur at the time who riled her up before the interview.