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TIL the Shirahige-Higashi Firewall Apartment Complex is an 18-block apartment complex that was built to act as massive firewall that will protect the citizens of Sumida ward in case of a massive earthquake and/or fire. It features massive rolling steel shutters and multiple water cannons.

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8aW6P TIL that Czar Nicholas II of Russia and King George V of England got large dragon tattoos on their arms while they were touring Japan. The two monarchs, first cousins, went on to lead their respective nations in WWI.
61bW TIL that sulfur has all of of the primary colours. It melts into a red liquid, burns blue, and is a yellow solid!
gM48y TIL The album cover of Rush ‘Moving Pictures’ is meant as a triple entendre; it shows movers who are carrying pictures. On the side, people are shown crying because the pictures passing by are emotionally "moving". The back cover has a film crew making a motion picture of the whole scene.
DrZY TIL Voyager 1, the only man made object to leave the solar system, is carrying, amongst other records, a song called “Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground”. This song is available to extraterrestrials, should they ever find it, but not available in India, Canada, or the UK on copyright grounds.
AvJg TIL the state vegetable of Oklahoma is watermelon… which is a fruit.