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TIL that each year, on the 1st of August, at 17.00 people living in Warsaw stop for one minute to commemorate the Warsaw Uprising. And it looks awsome.

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x6jlb TIL the Temple Works flax mill in Leeds, UK, built in 1840 was a replica of the Temple of Horus at Edfu facade but had a grass roof maintained by flocks of sheep transported with a hydraulic lift to keep the mill interior humid as required for flax fibre work
lQLr TIL The United States has just 4.4% of the world population, but 22% of the worlds prisoners
8vMa TIL Bill Nye “the science guy” got his break in entertainment by winning a steve martin lookalike contest.
dXXK TIL Disney hired kodak to make the pavement in their parks a certain hue of pink, to make their grass look greener (by wearing out the red receptors in your eyes).
KOAdw TIL that Insane Clown Posse were once on a Disney owned record label. On the scheduled day of release for their record "The Great Milenko" however, Disney recalled all 100,000 shipped units upon discovering the graphic nature of the album's lyrical content.