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TIL.. Most mosque designs are based on the Hagia Sophia, that was originally a Christian church in Turkey.

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KgOB TIL a man renovated a 3 story hotel specifically to kill people.
VMmwG TIL that astronaut Chris Hadfield was temporarily blinded in 2001 during a spacewalk. He was blinded by a drop of a mixture of oil and soap solution that got in his eye. The solution is used to keep the visors on an astronaut's helmet fog-free.
9w7jX TIL that Toronto, with a tree canopy rivaling the world’s largest cities, has over 22,000 fruit-bearing street trees, including cherries, apples, pears, plum, and the most common hackberry! There’s even a map showing when and where these trees ripen each month.
wey1 TIL In 2011 Armenia lost internet for five hours after a 75 year old Georgian woman sliced through cables while scavenging for copper.
QJWra TIL Ireland threw away its piece of moon rock estimated to be worth millions. "It's still there under a couple of tonnes of trash. That could definitely be worth over $5m (£3.1m). I'll tell you where it's at. It's in the Finglas landfill dump in Dublin," Gutheinz says.