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TIL China owns less than 10% of USA’s overall debt

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KWk6 TIL the Khasi people in southern India manipulate rubber tree roots to interweave and grow in a way to form living bridges across rivers. These living bridges increase in strength over time as the trees get bigger and can last hundreds of years and naturally survive the monsoon rains.
9wyW7 TIL about a worm that grows upto 3ft and the only treatment is to pull it out of a body
bMva TIL Danny Trejo has 27 movie slated for release in 2015.
5YyyP TIL Toronto has around 90 fake houses (they look real on the outside) which contain transformers that convert raw, high voltage electricity to a voltage low enough to distribute throughout the city.
D1nDp TIL: There actually was a baseball player name "Crash Davis". So Director Rob Shelton needed his permission to use the name in Bull Durham. The only thing Davis asked was: "Do I get the girl in the end?" Shelton said yes and Davis gives his okay.