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TIL that the chainmail used in the LOTR trilogy has been adapted into environmentally friendly architectural mesh used in buildings around the world.

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W7yp9 TIL that in 2021 former NBA center Shawn Bradley was involved in a bike accident that left him paralyzed. He has since described his height (7 foot 6 or 2.29m) as a hindrance to recovery since quadriplegia at that height has no medical precedent.
YmEd TIL in 1981 Muhammad Ali Talked a Suicidal Man Off a Ledge
grLwA TIL: Milk Duds are named after the candy’s initial attempt to create a spherical shape and failing to do so
BrJxy TIL of Hitler's Cross, an Adolf Hitler-themed restaurant in Mumbai. It was decked out in Nazi colors and had a gigantic portrait of Adolf Hitler. Following a huge backlash from Mumbai's Jewish community, the owner revealed he had no knowledge of Hitler's deeds and tore down the Nazi imagery.
xQB1 TIL Google Maps calculates their traffic by having all iPhones that have Google Maps open and Android phones that have location services turned on send anonymous bits of data back to Google