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TIL that 6 of the 10 windiest US cities are in Massachusetts. And Chicago isn’t even in the top 100.

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ANpo4 TIL that the Great Pyramid of Giza held the title for the world's tallest structure for an astonishing 3600 years, spanning from 2600 BC to 1300 AD. It also retained its position as the tallest structure in Egypt until the year 1961.
gMQab TIL "Comrade Kim goes Flying" is North Korea’s first “girl power” movie and it was screened at numerous film festivals in 2014. The story of coal miner, her dream of becoming a trapeze artist is crushed by an arrogant trapeze star who believes miners belong underground and not in the air
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