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OoAAa TIL that one foot of the London Eye is on land owned by the South Bank Centre, who served the wheel's owners with a rent increase of more than 1500%, adding £1m to the bill.
awlXN TIL that the spaniards destroyed an Inca temple and built a cathedral on the temples foundations. Later, an earthquake completely destroyed the Spanish-made cathedral but left the foundations of the temple intact.
GA5K5 TIL that after the US hydrogen bomb test in 1954 exposed a Japanese fishing vessel to radiation, over one-third of Japan's population signed a petition to ban nuclear tests. This public outcry influenced Japan to establish its Atomic Energy Basic Law in 1955, forbidding military use of nuclear energ
WE0A TIL the US has fired a quarter of a million bullets for every 1 insurgent killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
wolB1 TIL Washing your hands with plain soap is probably better than using antibacterial soap in the long run