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TIL Mongols didn't end the Islamic Golden Age in Mesopotamia. It was already end in 11th century

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e0bE TIL only humans have pubic hair
v1Wkj TIL while responding to a fire in Brooklyn, a firefighter was hit in the head by an air conditioner that fell from a two story window. He was knocked unconscious, but was saved by his helmet which was split in half by the AC unit.
xee7 TIL That a pug named Pompey woke up the prince of the Netherlands thwarting an assassination attempt. To this day the pug has been the official dog of the house of orange.
1abdD TIL a statue of shirtless Abe Lincoln has been in the LA Federal Courthouse since 1939. He's 8 feet tall, muscular, shoeless, and is holding a book while tugging down his waistband.
PY6aZ TIL in 1984 javelin thrower Uwe Hohn threw a distance of 104.8m and became the first and only athlete in history to break the 100m barrier. Shortly afterwards some changes in the design of javelins were implemented and the records had to be restarted, turning his mark into an "eternal world record".