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TIL That Lake Erie has human rights!

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oB6xL TIL In 1979, Hardline Islamists seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca (the holiest site in Islam) for over 2 weeks resulting in death of hundreds. The coup was led by Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Qahtani who reasoned that the Saudi Monarchy had become corrupt under the influence of Western Infidelic nations.
9av6 TIL Russia has to bomb their rivers every winter to prevent dangerous flooding caused by ice dams.
e0Q7D TIL that in 2016, boxing promoter John Carden scheduled a boxing match between a pro fighter with 10 matches under his belt and an intellectually disabled man who had never been in a boxing ring before. It was stopped after two rounds.
69Xww TIL of Fidel Castro’s dairy cow, Ubre Blanca, who was specially bred to break the American record in milk production
LQjbp TIL that in the infamous Ford Pinto, tests found that a 1 dollar piece, 1 pound piece of plastic would have prevented the gas tank from being ruptured. However, this was discarded as it went over the arbitrary 2000 pound and 2000 dollar limit executive Lee Iacocca had.