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TIL that China only holds 8% of US debt.

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nerLo TIL Drywall is called “Drywall” because before it, walls were made with plaster layers that were wet and took time to dry between layers. Drywall came in to the market as a faster and cleaner alternative to the “wet wall” process of plaster layers.
nj99 TIL that the “Shadow of the valley of death” from psalm 23 is not just a metaphor, but a road between Jericho and Jerusalem where people would be ambushed.
WEl4 TIL NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building is so huge it needs 10,000 tons of AC equipment to prevent rain clouds from forming inside on humid days.
gALX TIL that on the longest ice road in Europe, in Estonia, it is illegal to wear a seatbelt
epWxn TIL of Sinis, a mythological bandit slain by Theseus. Sinis would fool his victims by asking for their help in bending pine-trees to the ground, and then release the tree, catapulted the victim into the air