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TIL that Andre the Giant dropped out of school after 8th grade, expecting to be a farm laborer.

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DaPv TIL that in 2002, a fire broke out at a girls’ school in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Some girls were stopped by “religious police” from running out of the building because they were not wearing correct Islamic dress. 15 girls died.
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9KJX TIL that it takes us less than 2 minutes today to take as many photos as the whole of humanity took in the 1800s.
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