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TIL the city of Sialkot, Pakistan makes about 70% of all footballs/soccer balls in the world

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b6MAQ TIL that the Luxor Sky Beam in Las Vegas is the most powerful manmade light in the world. It is visible from up to 275 miles away, and temperatures of 500 °F have been recorded just above the light's surface. Airline pilots often use it as a landmark for navigation when flying at night.
GDG7 TIL A Roman soldier started a riot in Jerusalem by bending over and farting in the general direction of the Jews that were celebrating Passover. More than 30,000 people died in the riot - Josephus “The Wars of the Jews”/
ZJgG TIL that there were four cameras aimed at the FBI building in the OKC bombing, but the tapes of all four are blank at 9:02 during the actual bombing itself, as the tapes were being replaced.
rRox TIL bricks, clouds, trees and everything else in the Mario world are transformed people.
ZZQY TIL that Paul Thomas Anderson dropped out from the NYU’s film program beacuse he handed in some of Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet’s work as his own and got it graded a “C”.