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TIL China builds manmade islands for ports/airstrips on top of coral reefs in the South China Sea, effectively destroying those coral reefs.

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8AgV TIL The record for most miles driven by a single car is held by a man named Irv Gordon’s who’s 1966 Volvo P1800 has reached 3 million miles this year. He has owned the car since new and still drives it at age 74.
JRjl TIL: The 2005 film “A History Of Violence” was the last major Hollywood motion picture released on VHS.
6ERQW TIL the entire world's population could fit inside Los Angeles.
4X8V5 TIL when novelist Shirley Jackson, author of the short story “The Lottery”, was checked into the hospital in 1948 to deliver her 3rd child, the clerk asked her to state her occupation. “Writer”, she replied. The clerk responded, “I’ll just put down housewife.”
jNdmQ TIL: The 'world's blackest paint' is licensed exclusively to the artist Anish Kapoor. In retaliation Stuart Semple was incensed when Kapoor bought the exclusive rights – so he made what he says is a blacker one available for everyone besides Kapoor.