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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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W71yY TIL Mark Mcgwire’s 70th home run was caught by fan Phil Ozersky. After the Cardinals offered him a signed bat, ball, and jersey for the baseball. Ozersky asked to be able to meet McGwire too in this exchange, but McGwire said no. Ozersky to keep the baseball ,which he sold for over $3million.
KrBE TIL that the voice of Snow White, Adriana Caselotti, in the original 1937 film was only paid $20 a day, totalling $970; while the dwarves were each paid $150 a day.
yPX8 TIL “iOS” is trademarked by Cisco, not Apple
DMgJ TIL Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia all have a higher proportion of women in parliament than the USA does in congress
kXM4 TIL that a library in Dublin puts readers in cages to prevent them from walking off with rare books