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TIL Sampoong Department store collapse. The owner changed building design that removed support columns for floor space. Years later when warned about the risk of imminent collapse he refused to evacuate people out the building over fears of revenue loss. 502 victims died

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6EPMZ TIL of William James Sidis, a child prodigy who able to read the New York Times by the age of two, got into Harvard aged 12, and had an IQ of 250-300. He lived his adult live in relative seclusion and died (a virgin) of a cerebral hemorrhage, aged 46.
69NDQ TIL that the earliest known writing dates back to around 3000 B.C.E. and was likely invented by the Sumerians in southern Iraq. It was used by temple officials to record the allocation of rations and movement of goods. The earliest texts were pictures (pictographs) of the items being recorded.
VgWQ TIL Earth has other moons
nbEb TIL that people with a stutter can sing without stuttering because the brain functions differently while speaking than when singing
O5pe TIL that strawberries are in the same plant family as roses