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TIL that after filming the freeway scenes for The Matrix: Reloaded, the film makers, instead of disposing of the set, chose to donate it, in pieces, to charity in Mexico to be turned into low-cost housing.

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Oov0L TIL by share of population, the largest empire was the Achaemenid Empire, better known as the Persian Empire, which accounted for approximately 49.4 million of the world’s 112.4 million people in around 480 BC
Vaj4 TIL Max Martin, a 43-year-old Swede, has co-written more #1 singles than anyone since the Beatles. His credits include “I Want It That Way”, “Oops!… I Did It Again”, “It’s My Life”, “Since U Been Gone”, “I Kissed a Girl”, “Shake It Off”, and much more.
8e1Ka TIL Conch is pronounced ‘Konk’. Thought it was ‘Conch’ this whole time.
xV17D TIL J.K. Rowling was the youngest self-made female billionaire
4kkgJ TIL that almost all chicken meat is female.