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TIL that Non-Muslims are forbidden to enter Mecca

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l7xK TIL Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” was shaped by his life living in the shadows of the Holocaust.
OyD1 TIL Marie Curie’s papers from 1890’s are considered too dangerous to handle because of their levels of radioactivity. Even her cookbook is highly radioactive.
wjOo TIL that when Ichiro Suzuki learned the Seattle Mariners were going to give him #51, the same number worn by pitching great Randy Johnson, he sent Johnson a personal message promising not to bring shame to the uniform
WJR8 TIL America buys old Soviet warheads to convert to nuclear energy, providing 50% of their nuclear energy.
X9PD TIL the reason that so many working-class British men wore a flat cap is that a 16th-century Act of Parliament designed to stimulate wool consumption penalized non-nobles over the age of 6 if they weren’t wearing a woolen cap.