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TIL that Estonia is one of the least religious countries in the world - only 18% believe in a god

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R57x1 TIL of "Pad Man" Arunachalam Muruganantham who devised a way to cheaply manufacture menstrual pads for poor regions
XEwJR TIL that MI6 agents were encouraged to use semen as invisible ink, with the motto “every man his own stylo”. The practice only stopped after concerns were raised about the masturbatory habits of the agents.
DbBD TIL that Disney prevented a stonemason from engraving Winnie the Pooh on a young girl’s gravestone because it would violate Disney’s copyright
woeE7 TIL that before Jerry Lewis made it a part of his routine, "The Announcer's Test" was used to challenge the reading skills, diction, enunciation, and speed of prospective Radio Central New York announcers in the 1940's
kJpbe TIL the world's longest noodle is 3.084 km (1.916 miles) long