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TIL that 2020 is Geng Zi year in the Chinese calendar, a time that historically has been bringing about major catastrophes and monumental changes

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L05Z TIL the new Berlin airport is fully built but non-functional due to faulty construction. It has cost €4.3 billion and cannot open anytime in the near future.
VMrg8 TIL about Parkinson's Law, which states that work expands proportionally to the time allotted for it.
yXMJ TIL of the “electrolaser”, a real world directed-energy weapon which fires laser-guided lightning bolts. When fired, a laser forms a channel of supercharged plasma out of the surrounding air, creating a path for the lightning and also causing a sonic boom.
gMjKX TIL that when your skin gets sunburned, it's because your skin cells are basiclly commiting suicide so that they don't becomes cancerous.
8eaKb TIL about billionaire philanthropist Chuck Feeney, who has given away more than $8 billion and now lives in a rented apartment with a remaining balance of $2 million.