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TIL that Millennium Tower, a San Francisco high-rise housing more than 400 luxury condos, is sinking at a rate of 2 inches per year and leaning. The foundation wasn't anchored to bed rock, but sand, making it susceptible to further damage from soil liquefaction during a powerful earthquake.

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nmZr TIL that pre-ejaculatory fluid (“Pre-cum”) is released from a different part of the anatomy of the penis (than sperm) and is meant to lower the acidity in the vagina before ejaculation and most studies are in agreement that it CANNOT get someone pregnant.
awG6L TIL the hobbits did not descend from Homo Sapiens but were some kin of Homo Habilis who lived in Africa 1.75 million years ago
7r67O TIL: Despite the widely-held belief that ICEE created the Blue Raspberry flavor in the early 1970's, there's record of the Gold Medal company, which made Sno-Kones, using the flavor as early as 1958 for their cotton candy.
VME6G A recurring solar event called a grand minimum could 'cool' the sun for about 50 years.
69KJ TIL… There is plenty of evidence proving Jesus existed historically that is not confined to a a holy text.