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TIL Africa’s tallest apartment complex has a dark central void space, its first 3 stories filled up with accumulated garbage - it has also “developed a reputation for defenestrations – accidents, suicides and otherwise.”

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7KOL TIL that airplane windows were once square until 3 fatal crashes in the 50’s were caused by the windows. Corners are weak points(4 on a window) and stress/pressure can cause these points to crack
b9yn7 TIL authors of the NUCLEAR WINTER hypothesis, Carl Sagan and Richard P. Turco, conceded to significantly scale back their theory after much criticism from specialized experts, including exaggerated numbers of dust and ash which wouldn't be the case from airburst nukes.
krW4 TIL there’s a school in Russia for mastering “The Art of oral sex”
E1eMW TIL that scientist Peter Turchin predicted in a 2012 article that the next apocalypse is in 2020, not 2012.
gbED TIL that every U.S. president with a beard has been a Republican