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TIL that the Chinese company Netdragon Websoft built their corporate headquarters in the shape of the Starship Enterprise. The owner licensed the design legally from CBS.

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wDoo TIL That the 1937 Soviet census committee was arrested for “sabotage” and records were destroyed after they showed a mere 162 million citizens, an increase of 1.5 mil since 1930, rather than the expected 185+ million. It is now used to estimate the # of Stalins victims.
WMBN TIL Netflix monitors BitTorrent to decide which shows to purchase
ADp5w TIL The Navajo language is the most spoken Native American language today, with nearly 170,000 speakers. The next most common is Yupik, at 19,750, which is spoken in Alaska
1GdV TIL, In 200 BC, when Sparta was at the height of its power there were 20 slaves for every citizen.
R5oL6 TIL that fat Chinese criminal Jho Low used to have the sex with supermodel Miranda Kerr