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TIL Sticky Rice was used in the Great Wall of China to make inorganic−organic composite mortar that would rival modern cement in strength.

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5609 TIL that in 2014, The Big Lebowski was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
oROJ8 TIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield, whom he believed owed him a government appointment.
X0wk6 TIL that there is only one validated living man born before 1913, and only eight born before 1914.
XEpZj TIL that when Dwayne Johnson split with his now ex-wife Dany Garcia, he made her his manager and she has remained in that role to this day.
KDKw TIL that instead of chucking live lobsters into boiling water or splitting their heads open, you can anesthetize them with clove oil before cooking. And as a bonus, it makes them taste better (probably due to reduced stress hormones and reduced hemolymph loss).