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TIL the United Arab Emirates seriously consider building an artificial mountain to change the climate

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ndR9 TIL Leonard Nimoy’s funeral was free of Westboro baptist church protesters because they couldn’t figure out the location
WkDn8 TIL of Lloyd Scott, a former footballer who, in 2002, completed the London Marathon while wearing a 130lb (59kg) deep sea diving suit. Finishing the entire race took him five days, eight hours, 29 minutes and 46 seconds.
Orb7 TIL that the ancient Greeks used the term barbarian for anyone who didn’t speed Greek, including ancient Egyptians, as another language sounded like ‘bar bar bar’ to the Greeks which lead to the term 'barbarian’
Vye0 TIL Roman soldiers were required to drink a minimum 1 liter of wine per day
e0dQ6 TIL that after his footage of Joe Exotic burned in an obvious arson attack, Rick Kirkham returned home to Dallas, Texas, where a mere six months later his house burned down, killing his dog.