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TIL container ships lose 2,000 to 10,000 containers at sea each year.

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Mpl0 TIL that because the concrete of the Hoover Dam was poured into individual, rectangular shaped sections, rather than with a single, continuous pour, the physical dam itself will survive up to 10,000 years and be one of the last remaining visible and recognizable monuments of humans on the planet.
8LWb TIL That the New Horizons spacecraft is carrying a U.S. Quarter, in a nod to Greek Mythology, to pay the ferryman Charon.
GAWbG TIL there is a genetic disorder many people have with something called Lipoprotein (a), and it puts people at high risk of heart disease, heart attack, stroke, and aortic stenosis. It’s 100% genetic, can’t be corrected, and can only be treated with aggressive cholesterol control.
N7kkJ Til of afro turks, people of Zanj (Bantu) descent in Turkey, the current pop is now mixed with the rest of the population.
yQpxM TIL that when euro bank notes were issued in 2002, they featured fictional bridges, so as not to cause a row amongst EU member countries. 10 years later, however, an architect for the town of Spijkenisse claimed them for the Netherlands by building all seven of them on a single waterway.