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TIL the reason TED talks are 18 minutes are because that is long enough to be serious, short enough to hold someone’s attention, and about the same length of time as the average coffee break.

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WkarB TIL that the 12-story Soviet embassy in Indonesia was torn down in December 1990 (a year before its dissolution) due to national security concern over a mall (Plaza Indonesia) built near the building. Always thought that the current Russian embassy was also the one used by the Soviet Union.
PYmAV TIL that a crossbreed between a cow and buffalo is called a Beefalo
5YLBn May 2020 was the warmest May worldwide in recorded history, going back all the way to 1850, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have confirmed.
WbBA TIL of an Irish pirate queen. Grace O'Malley became rich by “taxing” ships passing by her lands in western Ireland, killing those who resisted. She met Queen Elizabeth I but was usually a rebel against English rule in Ireland during the 1500s.
awogM TIL that the first published use of "brain freeze" for a cold-stimulus headache was in 1991