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TIL about Kintsugi. The Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold. It signifies the breaking of an object as a part of its past, and not something to be hidden or embarrassed about.

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MeYnB TIL that the northernmost Grain Silo in Canada is in northern Alberta and only 200 km from the border from the Northwest Territories.
DQLWp TIL In 1998, business mogul Bill Daniels donated his private mansion, called Cableland, to be used as the official residence of the mayor of Denver. It has never been used in this role.
rN0Pe TIL: A study from the UK, from that surfers are 3x more likely to have a unique antibiotic-resistant bacteria due to how much fecal matter they unknowingly ingest from UK seawater. They study did this through butt swabs from participants. It also highlights how dirty UK seawater is.
OGl17 TIL of Springerle, a detailed south German biscuit that used Ammonium carbonate as a leavening agent.
wnEY TIL Steven Spielberg declined to direct the Harry Potter movies and said “It’s just like withdrawing a billion dollars and putting it into your personal bank accounts. There’s no challenge.”