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TIL: Rope can be threaded left or right handed, commonly know as S and Z laid, with each way giving different properties to the rope

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8aEjG TIL of Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman al-Hussayen, a senior official in Saudi Arabia, who stayed in the same hotel as the 9/11 hijackers the night before the attacks. He feigned a seizure when interviewed by the FBI and flew back to Saudi Arabia after flights resumed, against the FBI’s recommendation.
AQGl TIL NASA offers $17000 for people willing to lay in bed for 3 Months
OdNX TIL that the Old Testament, New Testament, and the Qur'an all have passages that denounce and in many cases downright prohibit collecting interest on loans
dD9bj TIL That “The Ton” in Bridgerton is Mayfair on the Monopoly board.
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