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TIL the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the richest church, valued at over $100 billion

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9wLN7 TIL that pineapples are not native to the Hawaiian islands, but people nowadays associate the fruit with Hawaii because of James Dole and his company, the Dole Food Company (now Dole), through marketing and investment efforts between 1899 and 1933.
JYxXQ TIL the first known flexible hose was an ox's intestines, used by the Greeks to fight fires. They used the stomach as a pump to force the water through.
BgQ6D TIL Qatar owns 17% of Volkswagen
rR9we TIL Michael Jackson's last words were for 'milk', his alleged nickname for propofol, the powerful hospital anaesthetic that he overdosed on. "He was pleading and begging to please please let him have some milk because that was the only thing that would work."
rKBM TIL that since 1985 the Saudi government has ordered the destruction of 95% of Mecca’s historic buildings, most over a 1000 years old. It’s estimated that there now fewer than 20 buildings left from the time of Muhammad.