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TIL that the garden of the Taj Mahal was designed by Ali Mardan Khan, a Kurdish chief belonging to the Zîk tribe, who was one of the emirs of Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan.

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J1Q68 TIL that Frankfurt has a neighborhood w a Mediterranean microclimate, due to sunlight reflected off the river and wind-resistance, where even palms and bananas grow called The Nizza
J1N8Q TIL the "Women in Refrigerators" trope, which refers to female characters in fiction being killed or seriously harmed to serve as plot devices to motivate male characters, is particularly prevalent in the MCU
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wr08 TIL Mozart had a “startling fondness” for poop jokes, which is preserved in his surviving letters.