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TIL it is estimated over 95% of structural fires in Detroit are due to arson – fifty times the national average.

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Bg1XD TIL Kit Harington auditioned for “Game of Thrones” with a black eye after getting involved in a fight at McDonald’s the night before. The fight was because someone called his date an “ugly pig”. Kit ended up getting the role of Jon Snow and thought the black eye may have helped him land the role.
ANGjd TIL that the Battle of Messines involved the detonation of 19 massive underground mines, causing 10,000 deaths instantly. This explosion is believed to be one of the largest non-nuclear man-made explosions in history
womm6 TIL there is a massive abandoned underground Airbase in Croatia
vej7 TIL that there is a simple version of Wikipedia, called the Simple English Wikipedia, which uses only simple words and grammar and is for people who are learning English and also for people who want to understand something fast.
XE418 TIL that Mongolian wrestlers must wear open jackets called “zodog”.Legend has it that on one occasion a wrestler defeated all other combatants and ripped open the zodog to reveal her breasts, showing to all she was a woman. To deter any similar future incident, the jacket style was modified