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TIL that the Iran Mall in Tehran is the largest shopping mall in the world, with 1.95 million square meters/21 million square feet (four times the size of Vatican City) in gross leasable space

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4XE8X TIL that "rogue waves" or "freak waves," unexpected and massive waves that sailors have long told stories about, were generally considered to be mythical until confirmed by scientific instrumentation in 1995
ne0nW TIL there's seven species of dinosaur that have a 'live' appearance in the film Jurassic Park, but only two, the Brachiosaurus and Dilophosaurus were actually from the Jurassic period. The other five: Gallimimus, Parasaurolophus, Triceratops, T-Rex, and Velociraptor were all from the Cretaceous.
8eQj4 TIL Aristotle's History of Animals contains several facts that were deemed fantasy until the 19th century. Such observations include octopuses having a sperm tentacle and dogfish growing inside their mother's body. The book also has obvious errors like assuming flies have four legs.
NXPXM TIL about Whittaker Chambers, a Soviet spy with a limited knowledge of Austrian German who is responsible for the popularization and an inaccurate English translation of Bambi.
xM7w TIL over 3500 unpublished whistleblower communications, including the US government’s No Fly List, 5 GB of Bank of America leaks, and insider information from 20 right-wing organizations were once in possession of Wikileaks…until the files were destroyed by the departing spokesperson.