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TIL after 9/11 there was a proposal to “to consider taking Saudi out of Arabia by forcibly seizing control of the oil fields, giving the Hijaz back to the Hashemites, and delegating control of Medina and Mecca to a multinational committee of moderate, non-Wahhabi Muslims”

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eZW5 TIL In 2010, Finland became the first country in the world to make Internet access a legal right.
N77M6 TIL: You’re not safe from spiders even in the water; There is a spider that hunts and lives under water. It traps air bubbles to breathe from while it dives for food.
oRaRW TIL Sony in the past released a Bravia TV with a built-in PlayStation 2
wLro TIL that Bella and Edward’s relationship in the Twilight series meets all fifteen criteria set by the National Domestic Violence Hotline for being in an abusive relationship.
KOZd9 TIL 70,000 years ago, a nomadic star came within 1 light-year of the Sun. And research suggests this close pass sent dozens of comets and asteroids tumbling out of the solar system.