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TIL Japan and especially Tokyo was not considered a clean place until the 1970s

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5V8nD TIL that Norway’s stave churches, like the 12th-century one in Borgund, were built using cured pinewood, wooden pegs, and interlocking post-and-beam joinery - without nails - and resting on stone foundations to prevent rot.
yQGZa TIL the city of Crush, Texas was a temporary one day city created as a publicity stunt to exhibit two trains go full speed and collide. The impact caused engine boilers to explode resulting in a shower of flying debris on 40000 spectators. It killed 2 or 3 people and caused numerous injuries.
169yd TIL of Jason Padgett, who, after sustaining a traumatic brain injury, developed prodigious talent in math.
vPGv4 TIL about Pierre Billotte, commander of the Eure. He, along with his crew, defeated 13 tanks and two enemy guns in a single day. The Eure was hit 140 times by tank and weapons fire
KYDrw TIL ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer admitted that in 2013 Yahoo should've purchased either Netflix at $4 billion or Hulu at $1.3 billion instead of buying Tumblr at $1.1 billion stating it "would have been a better acquisition." By 2016, Yahoo had to write down Tumblr's value by a total $712 million.