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TIL babies in every country say "mama"

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Wd8d TIL china is trying to rush excavation and preservation of ancient Buddhist relics of major historical heritage sites in Afghanistan to quickly gain access to Afghanistans mineral resources which is worth estimated $1 trillion.
X0em6 TIL Bernard Herrmann, composer for films like Psycho, Vertigo, Citizen Kane was asked by unknown director Martin Scorsese to compose Taxi Driver. After completing it, Scorsese asked for one final section. Hermann agreed, brought an orchestra in, completed it, and died hours later.
Z8BOo Today I Learned that the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is not connected to any sewage system. The refuse is driven away in trucks.
N7JlQ TIL of the Kolyma Highway. A 1200+ mile long modern road in Russia that an estimated quarter of a million people died building. Because of permafrost, interment into the fabric of the road was deemed more practical than burying the bodies in new holes, resulting in the nickname The Road of Bones.
ND9E TIL except for the dutch all current european monarchs (Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK) are descendants of Queen Victoria and King Christian IX (Denmark). At the start of WW1 their grandchildren occupied the thrones of Germany, Russia, the UK and 5 other countries.