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TIL there are about 250 fasting days in the Ethiopian Church. The most fasting days out of all the Christian churches.

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5YrD8 TIL Ross Perot had a Sesame Street character named "H. Ross Parrot." When asked to comment Perot said, "1) the nose is too small. 2) it's not a real Texas accent. 3) my family loves it, my grandchildren love it." and ""I'm sure that parrot thinks he's much better looking than I am."
RbVQ TIL that Nehru rejected permanent membership for India on the UN Security Council to keep India out of Cold War politics
P17ZZ TIL that an Australian man who lived by a cliff prevented at least 180 suicides in his 45 years of living there, by striking up a conversation with people contemplating suicide and inviting them to his house for tea.
KYyoE TIL that several Congressional investigations have found no evidence to believe that any American prisoners were held in southeast Asia after the end of the Vietnam war
VBQn0 TIL During the opening ceremony of Ottawa International Airport’s new terminal in 1959, a USAF F-104 Starfighter did a supersonic flypast. The resulting sonic boom shattered nearly all the glass in the airport and caused significant structural damage, delaying the opening for another year.