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TIL the oldest known highrise apartments in Shibam, Yemen, have been constantly rebuilt from mudbrick since the 1500s, and are surrounded by a fortified wall

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D7XD TIL William Poundstone did a chemical analysis of KFC Chicken, and found that there were not 11 herbs and spices in the coating mix, but only 4: flour, salt, MSG and black pepper.
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o5gW TIL morality, empathy, altruism and gratitude have been observed in non-human mammals, suggesting that our own sense of morality comes not from religion or society, but from biology.
xVYbk TIL that in most legal systems, a bank deposit of money is not a bailment. In other words, when you deposit cash to a bank, the funds deposited are no longer your property. You merely loaned the money to the bank for a promised interest without security.