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TIL about the city of Rawabi. Meaning "the hills" in Arabic, Rawabi is the first planned city built for Palestinians.

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VB1pB TIL that there is a rare medical condition called Foreign Accent Syndrome, where a person's accent changes as a result of brain damage or injury. This condition has affected people all over the world, causing them to suddenly speak with a different accent than they've never had before.
RVK6 TIL that dogs will sometimes fake being sick to get attention
vJRR TIL after the Nazi’s occupied Warsaw, 80% of the city was destroyed and reconstruction efforts were guided by a series of 1700s cityscape paintings. It was later discovered the painter had made artistic “improvements” … so the rebuilt structures looked different (arguably better) than before.
nVEo TIL that the Soviet scientists who developed the H-bomb were just as afraid of letting their military control the technology as the scientists under Oppenheimer
W5wX TIL In 1952-‘54, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico had snow delivered by plane to the city so that the children who had never seen or played in snow, would be able to do so