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TIL that a Thai Beef Noodle Brew Has Been Simmering For 45 Years

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XENx6 TIL that in the USSR, when foreign music was banned, bootleg records were made on old x-rays pulled from medical trash. These were called "ribs" and "bone records".
oRn87 TIL the 1,667ft Taipei 101 Tower in Taiwan has a 728 ton steel ball suspended between the 92nd and 87th floor, which counteracts the sway of the structure and prevents damage during powerful earthquakes and typhoon winds, its largest recorded movement was 39in.
JxGB TIL Margaret Thatcher’s son conspired with a private mercenary company to stage a coup in a West African country for oil money
QNQlp TIL about the Dracula ant, so named because of its grisly feeding habits of drinking the blood of its young
a8GZL TIL about the Roman conquest of Anglesey, which was targeted because it was a Druid hotspot. The Romans suffered a rare loss of confidence initially, before eventually overcoming their Druidic opponents.