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TIL that the Karamanid dynasty, a Muslim beylik (principality) that existed in Anatolia (present-day Turkey) from 1250-1487, used a blue Star of David on a white background for their flag

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OoWrX TIL the Zawiyyet al-Mayyiteen in Egypt, dubbed the “City of the Dead,” is one of the world’s largest cemeteries. Made up of numerous white conical domes that stretch out across a wide plain, the necropolis looks similar to waves in the sea. The cemetery was used by Muslims and Coptic Christians.
OG9vX TIL the reputed founder of the Outlaws MC (the oldest outlaw biker club in the world) was killed in a shootout in the 1970's during a power struggle between a faction of members who preferred to drink beer and a faction who preferred to smoke marijuana.
JOW4 TIL Yelp.com uses extortionist tactics to coerce business owners into paying a monthly fee in order to remove negative reviews and to keep positive ones un-“filtered”
XEgY8 TIL that on this date in 1803 more than 3000 meteorites fell from the sky and impacted the Earth near a town in Normandy, France.
wLaoM TIL the $150 million fundraised by Band Aid in 1984 (where the famous song "Do They Know It's Christmas" comes from), which was meant to help famine-struck Ethiopia, actually lead to more deaths since it was given to the corrupt government who used the money to prolong the famine and civil war.