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TIL that 80% of Australian homes are colder than is recommended by the WHO safety standards for indoor air temperature.

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Wke9A TIL that the founder of Chevrolet was swiss
XEOEk TIL that China has only one time zone – despite spanning 5 geographical ones
vPjnK TIL that privacy debate suffers from a narrow understanding of the problem. The ways in which privacy invasions can cause harm to law-abiding individuals are often ignored, underestimated or even deliberately concealed, leading to the widespread (but misguided) “I have nothing to hide” attitude.
0dgMA TIL 601 Lexington Avenue—once the 7th-tallest building in the world—was in danger of being toppled over by high winds due to a structural error. It was secretly fixed and the public had no idea anything was wrong until an article about it came out decades later.
NX8R8 TIL that Chinese businessman Zhang Biqing spent six years building a $130,000 artificial mountain villa on the roof of a Beijing high-rise apartment building. In 2013, following numerous complaints from neighbors, the Chinese government ordered Biqing to dismantle the two-story villa within 15 days.