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TIL that the artist Banksy financed and helped design the hotel "with the worst view in the world" overlooking the wall separating Israeli and Palestinian sections of Bethlehem.

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b9YBj TIL King Frederick II used reverse psychology on his peasants who refused to eat potatoes because they tasted horrible. To stop the food famine he sent his guards to guard fields of potatoes and the peasants started stealing them and growing their own.
J1aEl Til about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) if you have ever been through or witnessed a terrible event. A terrible event, such as a natural disaster, serious accident, asexual or physical harm, fight or war, or other situations that place a person's life in risk, may end up in PTSD.
oWYr TIL Frank Shuman was an American inventor, engineer & solar energy pioneer noted for his work on solar engines. He built the world’s first solar thermal power station in Maadi, Egypt in 1912. His plant managed to pump 6,000 gallons of water per minute from the Nile River into adjacent cotton fields.
Q5jE TIL that the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King is one of only three movies win 11 Oscars and the only movie to win every Oscar for which it is was nominated. Of those 11 nominations, none were for the cast, all were for technical and production elements.
OG6bX TIL Atum/Atem/Atoum/Tem (to complete or to finish) in Egyptian mythology created the sibling deity couple Shu (peace, lions, air and wind) and Tefnut (moisture, moist air, dew, rain) through various means: spitting them out of his mouth, masturbation or "made union with his shadow"