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TIL That NY City used to use hollowed out trees as water mains in the early 19th Century. A working example was still connected to the city water lines as late as 2006

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8Jg8 TIL that 900 workers have died in their mission to build the infrastructure for 2022 UEFA World Cup in Qatar. If the deathrate continue to be as high, at least 4000 workers will die before the actual event begins.
rxAw TIL that bonsai trees have to be planted off centre because the centre symbolizes where heaven and earth meet and therefore should be left unoccupied.
ewb4 TIL: To conceal Genghis Khan’s burial place, his funeral escort killed anyone who crossed their path, Once the tomb was built, the slaves who constructed his tomb were massacred, & then the soldiers who slaughtered the slaves were also killed
yyNp TIL: that an entire operation theatre from the 1700’s was discovered in the roof of a London church in the 1950’s. The entrance had been walled up and the room undisturbed. The operating table has cuts in it left from amputations and other procedures.
gBA4 TIL that Keira Knightley played the role of Sabé, the handmaiden of Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) in Star Wars: Episode 1. The two girls looked so alike in full makeup that even their own mothers had difficulty telling them apart on set.