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TIL there is a Polish reddit. Not subreddit, but an entire reddit.

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rKBM TIL that since 1985 the Saudi government has ordered the destruction of 95% of Mecca’s historic buildings, most over a 1000 years old. It’s estimated that there now fewer than 20 buildings left from the time of Muhammad.
WkepA TIL about high school football quarterback Nate Haasis. After discovering the coaches of his and the opposing team conspired to let him break the record for most career passing yardage, he came forward and had the record expunged.
kEE TIL: Despite spending over $1 Trillion on the war on drugs teenage Marijuana use has more then doubled since the 1990s.
0wapM [TIL] Al Capone's son was deaf, and the mobster learned sign language to be able to speak to him.
p8GXZ TIL that when Charles Darwin was a teenager, his father told him "You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family."