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TIL that in 2002, a fire at a girls’ school in Mecca, Saudi Arabia killed fifteen girls. It has been strongly suggested that their deaths occured due to the involvement of the “religious police,” who prevented them from leaving the building because the girls were not wearing correct Islamic dress.

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grdJA TIL the United States had a National Raisin Reserve from 1949 until 2015, when the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional due to the raisins being seized without market compensation.
Ydov TIL the first African-American female serial killer was Clementine Barnabet. In 1909-1912 she invaded homes in Texas and Louisiana and killed entire families with an axe. The bodies were then arranged as part of a “Voodoo” ritual connected to her mysterious evangelical church.
OoOQL TIL of Globophobia or the fear of balloons. Suffers of globophobia generally fear the sound of balloons popping and will normally refuse to touch, feel or go near them for fear of popping them.
kOVjd TIL evidence showed that during the seven and a half months preceding Elvis's death -- from January 1, 1977, to August 16, 1977 -- Doctor Nichopoulos wrote prescriptions for Elvis for at least 8,805 pills, tablets, vials, and injectables. Going back to January 1975, the count was 19,012.
jdAp TIL the intro to “Iron Man” was achieved by having Ozzy Osbourne sing through a spinning fan. When the Guitar Hero team wanted to record a cover of the song, they bought the same model of fan through Craigslist to duplicate the effect.