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TIL during the Tokyo housing bubble in the 1980s, the combined housing value for all properties in Japan was worth four to five times that of the United States, and fifty percent higher than that of the rest of the world.

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4X8QJ TIL: Lewis Bradbury asked a $5/week draftsman with no architectural training to design his $500,000 building in 1892. Wyman agreed after consulting his dead brother via Oija board. The Bradbury Building in LA is a National Historic Landmark and appeared in movies such as Blade Runner.
69g7w TIL that the Penan people of Malaysian Borneo have developed a secret forest language called Oroo that utilizes sticks, leaves, vines, and other debris to create symbols and signs to alert travelers to certain dangers. They can also be used to request help and set up activities with fellow kin.
KYlV6 TIL that Copium isn’t just a meme phrase, but a type of bug
D1nBV TIL that Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor sang backup on Neil Young's "Heart of Gold."
LkaWQ TIL of byssus fabric, or "sea silk" because it was made from the filaments of Mediterranean molluscs, gathered by the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, who wove them into clothes that "when treated with lemon juice, turn a golden colour, which never fades."