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TIL that due to the loose definition of religion, people have been stating on the census that their religion is “Jedi” since 2001, with the 2011 census having 177,000 submissions.

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Z8nrG TIL that the most common last name among American physicians is no longer "Smith", it's "Patel".
loWLA Today I learned that there's evidence showing that video games can lead to improvement in attention span, vision, and pattern recognition.
gMlV4 TIL that Johnny Cash reignited his career in the 90’s due to his fondness (and rift it caused with his older, evangelical audience at the time) of a late 80’s British tribute album of his songs made by Indie/Punk musicians to raise money for AIDS awareness
wLYVP TIL "in Russia, Norway and many northern and eastern European countries synchronized clapping is more popular than random clapping."
grnGy TIL Luke Helder, who in 2002 planted pipe bombs in various places to draw a smiley face across America, is still being held indefinitely at a federal mental health facility after being declared incompetent to stand trial