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TIL There's a building in Osaka that has a highway running through it as tenants

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KERB TIL Roald Dahl was so disappointed with the original Willy Wonka film that he refused any more adaptations during his lifetime
okmR TIL NASA’s first trip into space was made possible by Katherine Johnson, an African American scientist who was in charge of calculating the rocket’s flight trajectory. Her work was so trusted that, even after NASA had switched to computers, they would call on her to check for any mistakes.
ANaQa TIL clinical obesity is considered so beautiful in sub-Saharan Africa that people use drugs to gain more weight.
8abVa TIL jalepeños are red,but because we pick them before they're completely ripe, we only ever see them green.
rNRYe TIL Counterfeit detector pens used in grocery stores contain an iodine solution that reacts with the starch in wood-based paper to create a black stain. When the solution is applied to the fiber-based paper used in real bills, no discoloration occurs.