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TIL that in 1974, a group of farmers in China discovered a life-sized terracotta army buried underground, dating back to the 3rd century BCE.

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e0Y4b Today I learned that Lego creator, Ole Kirk Christiansen, created plastic interlocking bricks in 1949. They were originally named "Automatic Binding Bricks". Lego has kept their original size so all bricks can interlock.
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