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TIL that during the height of the French Revolution, Notre Dame was rededicated to serve as a Temple of Reason in the course of Catholicism being banned in France.

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N7ye6 TIL The word 'Welsh' comes from the Proto-Germanic 'Walhaz', meaning Roman/Celtic speaker. The countries/regions of Wales (UK), Wallonia (Predominately French speaking region in Belgium), Welschland (French speaking region of Switzerland) and many others all get their name from this.
X9X6 TIL Master Chief is 6'10" without armour and 7'2" with armour.
OoJKX TIL There is a vegetarian crocodile in India which has been living only on a diet of rice and jaggery for the last 60 years
vPKEr TIL: The hubble space telescope, the international space station and many other famous spacecraft are technically still inside the earths atmosphere, often by hundreds of miles.
KOob4 TIL that in 1998 grade school children in Aurora, Colorado, collect $35,000 to purchase and free slave children in Sudan.