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[TIL] Sack of Mecca is when the city of Mecca was raided during the Hajj by a claimant to the title Mahdi (Messiah like individual)

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GVAE TIL that after seeing the documentary “Blackfish” about Killer Whales in captivity, Pixar executives have changed the ending to “Finding Dory”, the 2016 sequel to “Finding Nemo”.
1EGD TIL that when Einstein arrived in Paris by train in 1922,many high profile reporters, diplomats were waiting for him on the platform. Instead, he sneaked out the back car and off down the tracks, laughing “like a child”.
W7o4L TIL children were most prone to lead poisoning because lead chips and toys with lead dust tasted "sweet".
neapr TIL that Rainn Wilson (Dwight from The Office) is a member of the Baha'i faith and has campaigned the Iranian government to allow Baha'i access to higher education
yVj7a TIL the oldest hotel in the world is Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Japan. It was founded in 705 AD.