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TIL that a group of friends started to build a castle from scratch in 1997 using only medieval methods and materials. It is called Guedelon castle, and the building process is still ongoing.

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awwDy TIL indigenous Australian suicide has increased from 5% of total Australian suicide in 1991, to 50% in 2010, despite making up only 3% of the total Australian population.
9wwoM TIL that the world’s oldest wooden wheel has been around for more than 5,000 years
74Op TIL the internment of Japanese during WWII cost America $3 billion dollars when Ronald Regan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which explicitly apologized and called it and act of “race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership.”
OGakR TIL that the black hole TON 618 is a very bright object in space that is located near the border of two constellations. It has one of the most massive black holes ever found and is as bright as 140 trillion suns. It’s located very far away from Earth, about 18.2 billion light-years away
Ko16 TIL someone made a sequel to “American Psycho” where a girl (Mila Kunis) kills Bateman and then stalks the detective chasing him (William Shater).