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TIL the US has similar income inequality to Russia and China

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OZaa TIL that the Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant houses of worship at Brandeis University were built near each other and “in such a way so that when the sun sets, no one chapel casts a shadow on another.”
lgkN TIL Virtually nobody in the middle ages believed that the world was flat
loxV7 TIL John Steinbeck’s dog, Toby, ate his manuscript of Of Mice and Men. There was no other draft. Steinbeck said of the incident, “I was pretty mad but the poor little fellow may have been acting critically. I didn’t want to ruin a good dog for a ms (manuscript), I’m not sure is good at all.”
N46b TIL That a doctor named Harold Shipman was a doctor in the Uk responsible for 15 deaths officially, but further investigations revealed he may have killed up to 250 people. Shipman was given 15 life sentences.
4keD6 TIL Kevin Costner turned down starring in Air Force One (1997) so he can star in The Postman (1997), a movie he also directed. Air Force One was a critical and commercial success while The Postman was a box office bomb with Costner "winning" two Razzie awards for worst actor and director.