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TIL Bin Laden was made a wanted man by Gaddafi three years before 9/11

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BrD5D TIL the founder of the Cheesecake Factory was a member of a cult called Sufism Reoriented, and invested millions in building their house of worship.
neYj9 TIL about the death of Sigurd Eysteinsson, who apparently died after killing an enemy, Máel Brigte, and riding around town with his head as a trophy. Brigte's teeth grazed his leg, which later caused the leg to become inflamed and infected, killing him.
x6eR5 TIL I learned that in England, there are "wavy" brick fences. This shape uses fewer bricks than a straight wall. The waves' arch support allows the wavy wall to stand strong while a straight wall requires at least two layers of bricks to do the same.
x60bk TIL that, in 1989, the short film Visions of Ecstasy became the only movie to have been refused certification by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) on the grounds of blasphemy
e0pGD TIL one of the earliest and most famous Muslims to travel through New Orleans and the New World was Prince Abdul-Rahman Ibrahim ibn Sori. The Prince read the Bible and admired its teachings but said “His principal objections are that Christians do not follow them.”