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TIL: Inca architecture was built to be earthquake resistent. Inca masonry is effective in withstanding even major tremors

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J9nj TIL A thin layer of ice crystals, at right conditions, collectively act as a single giant mirror in the sky and reflects the light from the earth below
OoxMY TIL The same week Anne Heche was cast in her first starring role Touchstone Pictures fired her after she made a red carpet appearance on the arm of Ellen DeGeneres, who she'd met just days earlier. Harrison Ford used his influence to get her rehired, but the damage to her career was already done.
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