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TIL that the largest office building in the world is Surat Diamond Bourse, India, which is a diamond trade centre located in Surat, a place where 90% of the world's diamonds are cut & polished

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yQGRJ TIL about a charity in the UK ‘adopting’ red phone boxes, removing the phone and installing lifesaving defibrillators instead.
wW4W TIL Pepsi became a military power in 1989 after Russia could not pay them in rubles. Russia paid with diesel submarines and a few ships instead.
yAjp TIL in the 18th century, stage actor Robert “Romeo” Coates was so bad, yet self-assured with his acting, that theaters would sell out from sheer curiosity. He’d often act out dramatic death scenes multiple times, frighten Juliet, and once came back on stage with a crowbar to pry open Capulet’s tomb.
awglb TIL Switzerland has no landfills. 50% of the municipal waste is recycled, 50% is incinerated to produce electricity
ANWox TIL that New Zealand used to have giant one metre (around 3 feet 4 inch) tall swans.