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TIL There is a chapel literally built on the inside of an ancient oak tree in France.

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rNey1 TIL 104 elevators operate in the Willis Tower, which require 80 miles of elevator cable. This includes 16 double-decker elevators. Some of the elevators are among the fastest in the world, capable of speeds up to 1,600 feet per minute (18 mph).
oBwl8 TIL McDonald`s when launched its first outlet in Moscow (USSR) in 1990, the city went mad, sold over 30000 burgers on the first day
YZPx TIL that during the Kosovo War (1998-99) as many as 300 people were abducted and killed for an international organ harvesting and trafficking network.
v1kAr TIL that actors in China are sometimes dubbed over by voice actors due to not speaking Mandarin well enough and because the voice actors can act better and deliver their lines with more emotion.
9YALB TIL the voice actors of Mickey and Minnie Mouse were married in real life