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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.
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TIL some emergency vehicles can emit a low sound to vibrate vehicles and can help alert the hearing impaired to their presence.
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TIL that the Hippocratic Oath calls for doctors to teach the offspring of their teachers the art of medicine, free of charge.
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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.
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TIL Zappos uses an organizational structure called holacracy, which removes traditional corporate hierarchy in favor of overlapping, self-governing "circles" to complete specific tasks.