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TIL India has the highest number of mosques in the world - 300,000

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gMlK8 TIL playing an instrument engages every major area on both sides of the brain, making it one of the best ways to engage your brain with benefits even at older ages (more in comment)
1PZW TIL: The middle east had a “cold period” in the 900s-1000s and in the winter the Tigris river would Freeze and they would have thick snow on the ground for months in Baghdad.
xVevo TIL of Victoria Woodhull who was the first woman to run for president in the 1872 election by the newly formed National Woman's Suffrage Association. On the day before the election, she was arrested for "publishing an obscene newspaper" and was unable to cast a vote for herself.
OoaW4 TIL Henry Ford really hated jazz. He associated it with Jewish and black people, calling it "Monkey talk, jungle squeals, grunts and squeaks and gasps suggestive of calf love." To counter the popularity of Jazz, Ford poured tons of money into country music.
OpY TIL, In 2008 an 80 year old retired Green Beret received a court-martial from Chapter XXXIII of the Special Forces Association after he shot an intruder in the head with a .22 pistol. The reason for the court-martial: The intruder survived, so he should have used a bigger gun.