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TIL that the majority of the Great Wall of China has broken down or disappeared. Only sections built in the Ming Dynasty (roughly 10% of it) is still in good condition.

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odRo TIL that Emenim performed the song Kim, after promising her he wouldn’t, while she was in the front row of concert. She immediately left the concert, got in a car wreck and then proceeded to slit her wrist once she made it home.
8P6K TIL that a Japanese scientist made a replica of Tokyo using oat flakes to represent population centers and bright light to represent mountains, water, and other obstacles on a dish. When he placed a living slime mold in the model, it created a network that resembled Tokyo’s rail system.
eoP5 TIL that in 2009, Rapper Coolio attempted to stage dive. Nobody in the crowd caught him and he was beaten up while also having his shoes stolen.
KYAkR TIL a policeman William Potts invented the first tri-colour, four-directional traffic signal in 1920 in Motor City (Detroit).
6KnZ TIL that New York City doesn’t have sales tax for clothing items under $110