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TIL up to 100,000 people in Hong Kong live in “Cage Homes” - a 6ft x 2ft metal cage covering a bed

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x6JyD TIL that in the US the average housing square footage per person between 1920 and 2014 went from 242 to 1023 sq.ft per person. That's a fourfold increase.
ep7Q6 TIL Sumer was the first known civilization in southern Mesopotamia. It was there between 6,000 and 5,000 BC. Its writing goes back to around 3000 BC. The oldest texts come from the cities of Uruk and Jemdet Nasr.
5ndQ TIL John Fogerty was sued for plagiarizing himself.
b9GYj TIL ginkgo biloba is the only member of its genus, which is the only genus in its family, which is the only family in its order, which is the only order in its subclass.
QNPwL TIL what's inside a bowling ball.