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TIL that the stylized Dubai logo is the Arabic text for Dubai superimposed atop the English text

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1an54 TIL Cuban cigar factories hire "lectores" who read stories to the cigar-makers. [Video, 2:15]
MedYW TIL that in 1945, General George S Patton, upon the liberation of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany, forced 1,000 local citizens to tour the camp to witness firsthand the atrocities that had taken place within.
e0BW5 TIL Monk fruit contains compounds that, when extracted, are natural sweeteners 300–400 times the sweetness of cane sugar but with no calories and no effect on blood sugar.
V7Z8 TIL the inventor of the floppy disk, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, would nearly drown himself to death in order to come up with ideas, believing the lack of oxygen would help him think creatively.
l7VoN TIL: During the Christmas/NYE holiday season of 2022, a winter storm caused Southwest Airlines' (ancient) crew scheduling software to break down, stranding crew members and cancelling 50% of flights between 21-30 December. Losses were reportedly between $1.1 billion to over $1.2 billion.