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TIL In the US, the ground floor is called the 1st floor inside buildings

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Bk4D TIL that the “Syrian Observatory for Human Rights” is just one man from Coventry, cited by western media as a “source”
EgVJd TIL in 1184, 60 noblemen died after a wooden floor collapsed in a church, causing them to fall into a "latrine cesspit" (liquid shit) which hadn't been emptied for a while. Their cause of death was drowning.
nWW5Y TIL the Ottawa Convention is a 1997 treaty signed by 133 countries to ban antipersonnel land mines. The U.S. never signed. The U.S. placed thousands of mines in the DMZ between the Koreas during the Cold War to help deter an overwhelming ground invasion from the North.
EyvX TIL scientists once tested the intelligence of beavers by playing the sound of running water on dry land. Eventually, the beavers started to cover the tape recorder with mud and branches.
mZo TIL there is a dog suicide bridge in Scotland