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TIL the African Union headquarters built in Ethiopia in 2012 were entirely funded by the Chinese government, who reportedly spied on the building for 5 years via hidden microphones and an IT system that sent files to Shanghai daily.

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MenZm TIL: The Expanse started out as an RPG. Ty Frank created the game and his later co-author Daniel Abraham was so impressed by the amount of research and world-building he suggested they write a novel from it. Their first book was nominated for a Hugo and spawned a hit television series.
l78Pa TIL that US is a neighboring country of South Korea and Japan because of Guam, a full fledge US territory with 168 thousands inhabitants despite it's not even on the same side of the Earth with continental US.
N75dM TIL the reason you should contact a doctor if your erection lasts longer than four hours is that the blood is not circulating meaning that the cells are not receiving oxygen. The longer an erection is maintained, the greater the risk of permanent scarring of the penile tissue due to cell death.
v7K4 TIL a man was found alive in an air pocket on a sunk ship after three days of no water, no food, and in pitch black.
neEK9 TIL the reason why the majority of police uniforms in the U.S. are blue is a result of the civil war. After the war had ended, there was a surplus of blue uniforms which got repurposed for police officers. The color became associated with policing.