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TIL The Mall of America does not have a central heating system, instead, “guests generate enough heat during peak winter hours that the air conditioning system runs full blast to keep the mall comfortable.”

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p8L9G TIL of Dominomus, a female house sparrow that flew into a convention center in Netherlands and caused 23,000 of the dominos being prepared for “Domino Day 2005” to be knocked over. A hunting company hired to capture the bird failed, and finally just shot it, sparking an animal rights controversy.
gaQy TIL that the same Muslim family (the Nuseibeh or Nusaybah clan) have been the door openers at the Christian Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for over 1300 years. They have acted as both custodians of the church and as mediators between the various Christian sects represented there.
rREao TIL: Despite Area 51 operating as early as 1955, it was only publicly acknowledged by the CIA in 2013.
Rol TIL during the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, one Israeli tank commander single-handedly fought off an entire advancing Syrian tank battalion, taking advantage of the darkness and moving constantly to make the Syrians believe they were facing a full Israeli armored division while destroying 40 Syrian tanks.
e0o7k TIL: in 1983 a massive landslide in Utah dammed the Spanish Fork river, creating "Thistle Lake" and flooding the town of Thistle, UT under about 200 feet of water. The town had to be evacuated and is a ghost town today.