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TIL Ghazipur landfill is nicknamed "Trash Mahal" which is the tallest rubbish mountain in New Delhi almost as high as Taj Mahal.

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exWD TIL that William the Conqueror introduced a custom to UK. According to this custom, people would leave their homes and move to a summer home to aid the grape harvest. Due to the act of vacating their usual home, this custom was given the name: vacation.
VXZk TIL: There is a town in Russia who’s flag and coat of arms feature a bear wrestling apart the nucleus of an atom.
OnJ1 TIL of the only lynching in Canada’s history, when, in 1884, an American mob crossed the border in order to hang a Native American teenager wrongly accused of murder.
ep6Rk TIL: Never underestimate the wisdom of 50 year old dudes with military experience.
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