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TIL The European Union's trade chief said the 27-member bloc is committed to securing a trade deal with the US based on "respect" not "threats" 🥹

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yQO88 TIL there is a 60 mile conveyer belt in Morocco that carries phosphorus from mines in the Western Sahara to the Atlantic Ocean. It can be seen from space.
4XQoa TIL about the cube teapot, which is a teapot whose main purpose was to be used on a ship. The cube shape of the teapot would stabilize it so that it would not roll over and scald the person making the drink, whereas conventional curved teapots would roll over when the ship rocked from side to side.
R5vPQ TIL that Jerusalem has endured 52 assaults, been captured and recaptured 44 times, faced 23 sieges, and suffered complete destruction twice throughout its turbulent history.
MVOB TIL Since 2007, an unfinished skyscraper in Caracas, Venezuela, has been re-appropriated by squatters into a vast ‘vertical slum’ which now includes grocery stores, hairdressers, and an unlicensed dentist.
VBAl4 TIL that in 2019, 3 people who had accused actor Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct died by suicide, a traffic accident, and an undisclosed cause of death (Reposted to fit rules, no opinions or editorializing)