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TIL Hong Kong’s richest man and one of the richest men in the world is named Ka-Shing

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d4PQ TIL the original TRON movie didn’t win an academy award for best special effects because the academy said they “cheated” by using computers.
1By4 TIL that Tulsa OK used have a “Black Wall Street” that was once the most economically prosperous black community in America. The community’s wealth was greater than that of surrounding white neighborhoods and was destroyed by envious whites on June 1, 1921 in just 12 hours during a race riot.
R7dX8 TIL that the Roman Empire, although more technologically advanced than its contemporary peers, was poorer that any nation in 2015 with regards to their GDP per capita. Chinese and Indian empires that existed at the same time as Rome were much more wealthier simply because their soil was better.
86PL TIL police are using technology involving compressed-air launchers fitted into the grills of patrol cars. They fire GPS-trackable devices that stick to vehicles being pursued.
OGkpa TIL about the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC), which has been around since 1958. With over 215 members from 70 nations, and it promotes the protection of international telecommunications and power submarine cables from human and natural hazards