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TIL Osama bin Laden's brothers own the Construction firm in charge of constructing the tallest building in the world.

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6ElX8 TIL about Roman aristocrats drinking copious amounts of remarkably toxic lead wine lol
kOpg7 TIL the first extensive history of the colonization of the Americas (first hand account of one of the first European settlers) wasn't published for 314 years and still hasn't been translated into English.
YpDRG TIL In Rockville, Maryland, "A person may not profanely curse and swear or use obscene language upon or near any street, sidewalk or highway within the hearing of persons passing by, upon or along such street, sidewalk or highway."
BrKeL TIL in 1931, an Australian Aboriginal girl called Molly Craig was taken from her parents and imprisoned in a Native Reserve. She escaped the next day with her 11-year-old sister and 8-year-old cousin. The journey took 9 weeks and 1600 KM. In 1940, she escaped again, with her 18-month-old daughter.
579R TIL The word blimp is an onomatopoeia for the sound it makes when you flick the side if the balloon.