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TIL Singapore bought billions of cubic feet of sand from Cambodia because Cambodia needs money and Singapore needs land

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ZyZY TIL that Microsoft “lost nearly $70 billion in market value” for trying to bundle Internet Explorer with Microsoft Windows products.
EA7x TIL the US Patent Office building was the only major government building to survive the British burning of Washington DC during the War of 1812.Superintendent Dr. William Thorton persuaded the British that they’d be destroying the shared intellectual record of mankind if the patents were burned
7raP TIL That Israel actually calculates a daily allowed caloric intake for the Palestinians in Gaza.
76Wb TIL that a 645-foot deep Kansas salt mine is used to store valuable items including many film negatives, such as “Gone With the Wind,” “Ben Hur,” “Star Wars,” “MAS*H” and “Journey to the Center of the Earth.”
RvAw TIL the largest anti-smoking ad campaign “Truth” is funded by the tobacco companies as part of a settlement to be exempted from individual lawsuits stemming from harm caused by tobacco.