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TIL that Al-Takiya Al-Ibrahimiya, or "The Abrahamic Hospice," is a charitable organization near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, founded in 1279 CE. It continues to provide free meals year-round, funded by donations, and has helped Hebron earn the reputation as "the city where no one sleeps hungry."

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pA4Q TIL that Kyoto was spared from much of the destruction of WWII. It was removed from the atomic bomb target list (which it had headed) by the personal intervention of Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, who wanted to save this cultural center that he knew from his honeymoon.
aG8Z TIL: The story of Noah’s Ark was written almost a thousand years before it was retold in the book of Genesis. It is known as the Epic of Gilgamesh
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