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TIL the soft soil that causes the Leaning Tower of Piza to tilt has protected it from at least 4 strong earthquakes.

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RR0w TIL that there is a sparkling blue African berry which can retain it’s color for 40+ years after being picked.
WmLL TIL Boris Nemtsov, a former physicist and liberal Russian politician who was instrumental in the introduction of capitalism following the collapse of the USSR, was shot four times in the back and died on a Moscow bridge in 2015.
YWAP TIL Rubber is a 2010 French film about a tire that comes to life and kills people using its psychic powers. It was a box office failure, earning only $100,370 compared to its $500,000 budget.
Y9E7 TIL that ‘Brithenig’ is a constructed language made to show what English would be like if it had developed as a Romance language, like French or Spanish.
6gVW TIL 13 years after the video was shot, the techno viking is suing the cameraman who filmed him walking through the streets of Berlin