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TIL that the Beverly Hills Hotel & Hotel Bel-Air as well as a number of high end luxury hotels are owned by sultan Hassanal Bolkiah whose country will start stoning alleged gay people and adulterers to death in a week.

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Z816a TIL that Spanish scientists have developed a 3D bioprinter which can print sheets of functional human skin for use in research or even transplants
LaVr TIL that catapults were used in WWI to throw grenades into enemy trenches.
EOyd TIL the Disney character Minnie Mouse’s name is short for Minerva Mouse
QNWyE TIL there are approximately 5.2 million trees in New York City
rRWN4 TIL Sears once sold on mail order an entire house as a giant DIY kit. There were over 370 home designs, and the house had over 30,000 parts worth 25 tons. Sears claimed a man of “average” abilities could assemble it in 90 days.