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TIL that Hong Kong is home to more skyscrapers than New York, Chicago, and Mexico City COMBINED.

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pdQ8 TIL that before the 1900s, the mortality rate for women giving birth was as high as 40%.
R7eol TIL that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was interested in criminal justice and helped exonerate two men of wrongdoing after their cases had been closed. His work in the first case also partially contributed to the establishment of the Court of Criminal Appeal in 1907.
rRwLw TIL about Integrity Idol, a competition held in a few developing countries to find the most honest government officials. It aims to highlight honest officials and inspire a new generation to be more effective public servants.
yQAgM TIL that in 1907, Alfredo Di Lilio invented the modern dish, Fettuccine Alfredo, to entice his pregnant wife.
OG6RY TIL when the 1984 film “Red Dawn” was in production, it was reported that a T-72 tank built for the film was such a precise replica, that while it was being carted around Los Angeles, two CIA intelligence officers followed the tank to the movie studio wanting to know where it had come from.