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TIL that U.S. Marines significantly damaged the Babylon ruins during the Iraq invasion in 2003

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mxl5E TIL Elmo is considered the “Little Red Menace” by “Sesame Street traditionalists” for stealing screen time away from other characters.
9Y7nD TIL largest offshore gas platform - Troll A, It stands almost 500 meters tall and weighs 656,000 tons - it's one of the biggest man-made objects ever towed
nY9b TIL that the English idiom “It’s all Greek to me” exists in many other languages. However, in most cases, instead of Greek the language identified as unknown is most often Chinese.
QNyJX TIL that bee's don't like pink lady's slipper orchids bc their flowers are too tight and dry. The large folds of the petals squeeze and trap the bee's while offering no nectar after bee'ing tricked into getting covered in pollen for free.
p886b Would that change our habits?