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N496 TIL that 95% of historic mosques and monuments (many 1000 yrs old) in Mecca were torn down by the Saud family to make hotels, palaces and libraries.
WkELN TIL some emergency vehicles can emit a low sound to vibrate vehicles and can help alert the hearing impaired to their presence.
bRkZ TIL that the Hippocratic Oath calls for doctors to teach the offspring of their teachers the art of medicine, free of charge.
9bXr TIL that Richard Pryor had it rough growing up: He was molested at the age of six by a teenage neighbor, and later by a neighborhood preacher. His mother was a prostitute who abandoned him when he was ten years old, after which he was raised in his grandmother’s brothel.
OoY87 TIL Zappos uses an organizational structure called holacracy, which removes traditional corporate hierarchy in favor of overlapping, self-governing "circles" to complete specific tasks.