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TIL that the life expectancy of reinforced concrete is 50-100 years.

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8Qja TIL- Many people including her father believe Courtney Love killed Kurt Cobain and faked his suicide.
a51y TIL that Miyamoto Musashi, 17th century Japanese swordsman, would almost always arrive late to duels, irritating his opponent in the process. Miyamoto won two duels this way. Upon his next duel, he arrived early, and ambushed the force that was assembling to ambush him.
awD5M TIL 25 years ago, a man began transforming his home village in India from one being destroyed by alcoholism and gambling to one obsessed with sobriety and chess. He started coaching people for free and now, of the 6,000 people in the village, at least 70% can play the game.
wLn5Y TIL that in 1642, Connecticut settler George Spencer was suspected of bestiality when a local pig birthed a piglet that resembled Spencer. He confessed, and they hanged both George and the pig. Another settler was later convicted of the same crime, named Thomas Hogg.
GVlj TIL: Gamers in Antarctica have used 137.4MB of Steam’s bandwidth.