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TIL There’s a plan to rebuild the colossus of Rhodes
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TIL about the 761st Tank Battalion, an all African American unit was considered "one of most effective tank battalions in World War II", and that baseball legend Jackie Robinson had been a member prior to the unit shipping overseas.
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TIL of the Sampoong Department Store collapse - the 2nd deadliest building collapse in peacetime. The store manager refused to evacuate when told the building would imminently collapse, and served only 7.5 years in prison
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TIL Muhammad Ali, being refused a hamburger and told, “We don’t serve negroes”, replied, “That’s OK. I don’t eat ‘em.”
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TIL Due to Studio Ghibli’s retention of the merchandising rights to Spirited Away. Disney’s advertising was limited, and Spirited Away was only mentioned in a small scrolling section on Disney’s official website. The promotion of the film was given a worse treatment than Disney’s own B-movies.
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TIL Saudi Arabia promotes practice of marriage between close relatives which has produced high level of several genetic disorder including thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, spinal muscular atrophy, deafness and muteness.