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TIL of Burj Al Babas - an abandoned $200m village in Turkey consisting of hundreds of Disney-style castles.

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9ojB TIL that some of the earliest “roller coasters” originated in Russia, and in romance languages, roller coasters are often called “Russian mountains” (e.g. Spanish: montaña rusa). However, in Russian, they are called “American mountains” (американские горки).
d816K TIL Why there's an extra shoelace hole in your shoes!
R5rj4 TIL that in highly intelligent children, their cortex develops LATER than less intelligent children
MeQXB TIL of Totino-Grace High School, a Catholic school named after both Archbishop Thomas L. Grace and Jim and Rose Totino, the frozen pizza entrepreneurs behind Totino's Pizza Rolls.
D1oJg TIL Scientists found species of fungi in Chernobyl that feed on the radiation for energy.