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TIL The Rubble Club exists and its membership is only for architects who have had buildings built and then demolished during their lifetime

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b99A9 A tragic blaze in an Oregon hospital erupted from hand sanitizer earlier this month. Should you be worried?
OoEjg TIL: The mushrooms from the Super Mario games are based on a real life mushroom called Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria). When eaten, the mushroom gives the sensation of growth.
QJmmL TIL that during the Soviet imposed agricultural collectivization of 1932-33, an estimated 5.7-8.7 million people died from starvation, the vast majority of which were from Ukraine (4-7 million). This led to the event being called the Holodomor, which means “to kill by starvation.”
WKkY TIL that although Rob McElhenney’s character in “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” is very homophobic, Rob was raised by a lesbian couple
yQ8Mv TIL in 2007, Siberia experienced orange snow. This orange snow was ruled to most likely caused by a heavy sandstorm in neighboring Kazakhstan. Tests on the snow revealed numerous sand and clay dust particles and a high iron-content, which were blown into Russia in the upper stratosphere.