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TIL that about 30,000, or 24% of the world's cranes, are currently operating in Dubai

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Brkky TIL of the 1993 Storming of Kempton Park World Trade Centre, when more than 3,000 far-right paramilitaries stormed the venue where multi-party negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa were being held.
Oonm6 TIL apes don't ask questions. While apes can learn sign language and communicate using it, they have never attempted to learn new knowledge by asking humans or other apes. They don't seem to realize that other entities can know things they don't. It's a concept that separates mankind from apes.
rR5G4 TIL the WWII sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff resulted in more than 6 times the number of deaths suffered by the Titantic sinking, including ~5000 children
nWW1P TIL In 1908 the town now known as Port Aransas, Texas banned the sale of alcohol to foreigners. In response an immigrant businessman built a small floating saloon where the town ordinance did not apply.
ANLJl TIL that Nazi used to be a common abbreviation for the German name Ignaz, before Hitler was a thing. The linked historical song (1928) translates to "She has a big Nazi and a small Nazi and loves both of them" meaning a woman loving her husband and her son both named Ignaz