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TIL it costs $2-3 million + to build a mile of road

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9ooB TIL Martin van Buren was the first president born in the newly formed United States, but spoke Dutch as his first language.
NBrQ TIL there was a virus that replaced all files on your computer with images of squid.
Yp8PA TIL that western sahara nationality law stuipulates that "children must respect their parents".
v1ag8 TIL: China creates so much synthetic diamonds that are identical to real diamonds that prices of diamonds are being driven down and De Beers has created a university to study how to identify "natural" and "man made" diamonds because no experts can tell the difference.
8ePEK TIL Known as Evil Morty theme song (Blonde Redhead - For the Damaged Coda) is based on Chopin's Nocturne Op. 55 No. 1.