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TIL that only 11% of the UAE's population are citizens, with the remaining 88% being non-citizen migrants. Those migrants make up for 90% of the UAE workforce

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ne4Jo TIL of Centralia, PA: A town mostly abandoned since an underground mine fire started in 1962 and still burns to this day. In 2002 the town had its zip code revoked after the graves started burning. The EPA warns: “Walking and/or driving in the immediate area could result in serious injury or death.”
W7eEL TIL the London Jamme Masjid, a mosque in London's East End, was formerly a synagogue that was itself formerly a church in the past- consecrated as the Spitalfields Great Synagogue in 1891 and a Methodist chapel in 1819, showcasing the succession of urban migrants in the area.
N7Mge TIL London Cab drivers protested Uber by bringing gridlock across central London. Bringing nearly 1000% increase to app installations and caused a stark decease in Black cabs uses hastening their decline.
Oo8RR TIL about Gerner's Mean World Syndrome- the more negative news/shows/etc people expose themselves to, the more dangerous they think they world is (becoming less and less accurate in their assessment)
e0QPb TIL Swiss neutrality dictates that Switzerland is not to be involved in armed or political conflicts between other states.