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TIL A company called Pro-Teq has created a solution that makes pavement glow in the dark. It is environmentally friendly and could save a lot of money.

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6XR8 TIL 71 people died in a fire on January 13, 1939. In Australia it’s what we remember as ‘Black Friday’.
Xn4R TIL that one of the seven wonders of the world, the Temple of Artemis, was burned down by an arson who wished to be famous for his crime. Following his execution, the Ancient Greeks made it an offence subject to the death penalty to mention his name.
R7G78 TIL Mosquitoes actively seek small gaps in window screens to enter inside your house.
P50J TIL in 1979, two men arrived at a sheriff’s office claiming to have been abducted by aliens with lobster-claw hands. Left alone in a room with a secret recording device to expose their lie, they instead continued to talk in “terribly distressed” voices about the abduction.
6Evpm TIL Shiraz wine has been produced in Shiraz, Iran since the 9th century. Before the 1979 Islamic Revolution there were 300 wineries in Iran, now there are none.