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TIL Certain bacteria can be incorporated into concrete to increase it's strength.

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Lknov TIL author H.P. Lovecraft was never able to support himself from his earnings as an author. His book "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", written one year before his death, sold a meagre 200 copies. He died in poverty at age 46.
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mbEp TIL in 1867 Alaska became the only place to have two Fridays in succession. This was due to the United States purchase of Alaska from Russia, causing it’s timezone to change from GMT+14 to GMT-10
wLypo TIL that a British officer named George Cairns got his arm cut off by a Japanese soldier. Cairns killed that Japanese soldier, stole his sword, and cut down several others until he succumbed to blood loss
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