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TIL Kintsugiis the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with precious metals. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.

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Z8A7B TIL that black printer ink is the eighth most expensive liquid in the world
XRBE TIL that WWII soldier Audie Murphy single-handedly held off an entire company of German soldiers for an hour and then led a successful counter attack while wounded and without ammo. He became one of the highest decorated soldiers in US history.
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