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TIL that after the fall of the Roman Empire the technology to make concrete was lost for 1000 years.

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MeXK7 TIL the USA is one of only 4 countries where an artist doesn't get paid if a song they perform is on AM/FM radio. The other 3 are China, Iran, and North Korea.
nYyb TIL Glenn Howerton from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia was born in Japan, and grew up in London and South Korea
G8bG TIL the 1945 Food and Nutrition Board Paper often quoted statement “humans require roughly 2.5 liters (8 glasses) per day” is only ½ of the full statement. The other half was “we get most of the fluid we need from food and other beverages.”
74bM TIL of Freddie Oversteegen, a girl with the Dutch Resistance who would seduce nazis and lead them into the woods where they would be killed
G5m1 TIL In the U.S, a 2007–2008 survey showed that dog-owning households outnumbered those owning cats, but that the total number of pet cats was higher than that of dogs. The same was true for 2009–2010.