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TIL that more than 900 workers have already died building Qatar’s World Cup infrastructure. The International Trade Union Confederation says that if conditions don’t improve, at least 4,000 migrants will die before kick-off.

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BZok TIL that the Ithorian in the cantina from Star Wars has an entire backstory on why he was there
Oor1L TIL Alan Turing used to practice his Cambridge lectures in front of a stuffed bear he got in college named Porgy. He kept the bear with him throughout life.
ag5Z TIL there was a German priest who invented his own language after God told him to in a dream. Currently, there are 20 fluent in it.
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