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TIL that Saudi’s Arabia has destroyed several important sites in Islamic history. Including houses where Muhammad and other figures in Islamic history lived as well as what Muslims believe was the tomb of eve.

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XAA6 TIL Stanley Kubrick used lenses commissioned by NASA for the Apollo moon landings while filming his Victorian masterpiece, Barry Lyndon, allowing him to capture scenes lit only by candlelight.
9wW7r TIL only people who were of Genghis Kahn's royal lineage were allowed to rule Mongolia. In 1578 Altan Khan bestowed the first title of "Dalai Lama" upon Sonam Gyatsho who in return proclaimed Altan to be the reincarnation of Kublai Khan giving Atlan legitimacy to rule over the Mongols.
xKo0 TIL that a US Army veteran, severely depressed after his wife filed divorce, both parents dead of cancer, his equipment stolen, income stopped, utilities cut off, house in foreclosure, stole a TANK from the armory, went on a rampage on the streets destroying cars, was finally shot and killed.
Z8gmY TIL The climate anomaly between 535–536 caused a global drop in temperature, resulting in a long and devastating winter in Scandinavia. Some scientists believe that this winter became the influence to the "Fimbulwinter" that's the prelude the end of the world in Ragnarök.
b6ZON TIL After deposing the English monarchy, the English Republic went on to shut down all theatres, forbade entertainment and banned Christmas. These were eventually unbanned when the Monarchy returned to britain