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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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pY9Re TIL there is a rare disorder called uncombable hair syndrome caused by a genetic mutation that changes the hair shape from cylindrical to triangular
b94pE TIL: the 1973 Cheech & Chong song "Basketball Jones" features George Harrison & Carole King.
1aYyP TIL that there's a Polish village called Polonezköy in Istanbul, Turkey. It was inspired and funded by Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski and settled in 1842 by a small group of Polish emigrės, after the failed November Uprising. There is still a Polish community there with its own church and cemetery.
JLG1 TIL wild bananas are full of seeds and the ones we eat have been specially bred over the years to be seedless
wE8Y TIL Volkswagen was sued by Czechoslovakian car maker Tatra before WWII because the original Beetle was so similar to the Tatra T97. After Germany invaded Czechoslovakia in 1938 the lawsuit was cancelled by the Nazis