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TIL Dubai is building the world’s first indoor city which will be 48 million sq ft (4.5 million sq m)

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9bdr TIL of a man named Simon Bunce who was arrested for buying child porn online, and lost his job and family over it, only to be revealed that someone in Indonesia hacked his credit card.
gMbXX TIL the $100 bill is the most common US note in circulation, followed by the $1, and then the $20 with 14.2 billion, 12.7 billion, and 9.5 billion notes, respectively, in circulation as of 2019
X9Gj TIL The only known surviving puppets from the iconic Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer film were rediscovered in 2005 on Antiques Roadshow. They were stored and forgotten in an attic in disrepair after being given to kids as toys.
QJ4R9 TIL that Toronto has a courier service that only employs individuals with developmental disabilities. Delivery costs are on par with other couriers and its clients include many of Toronto's biggest businesses.
4DDb TIL: Cows kill 22 times more people a year than sharks.