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TIL that buildings in Athens, along with many other cities, have height restrictions on them so they do not obstruct the views of skylines or monuments

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N7VnJ TIL that Condom Cathedral is a Catholic church and former cathedral dedicated to Saint Peter, and a national monument of France, located in Condom, Gers. It was formerly the seat of the Bishops of Condom.
x6v00 TIL the only living queen grandmother in the world is in Bhutan
M7xNW TIL factory workers were told to clean the paintbrushes on their lips while painting the self-luminating radioactive radium dials on watches in the 1920s.
PAaw TIL a man claiming to be a 500-year-old vampire was arrested in 2011 after attacking a woman. During his arrest, he shouted at the pursuing officers that he “didn’t want to have to feed on humans”.
EvZ7 TIL: In Songdo, South Korea, there are no rubbish trucks, instead the household waste is sucked directly from individual kitchens, through a network of underground pipes to waste processing centres.