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TIL that Houston is the only major US city without single-use zoning. Retail, office enterprises, and homes are free to mix as the market demands.

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4XoON TIL cascata delle Marmore (Marmore falls), Italy, is the tallest man-made waterfall in the world at height 165m (541 feet), and it was created by ancient romans almost 2300 years ago
rRl1d TIL King Leopold II of Belgium turned the Congo into one massive slave plantation that resulted in an estimated 10,000,000 deaths, with historians comparing him to Hitler and Stalin.
ppyZ TIL Lego has actual “master builders” (aka Certified Professionals). There are only 13 of them and they aren’t accepting any further candidates.
7rlkX TIL That some muskrats live in beaver lodges over the winter. The beavers share food with them, and the muskrats pay their rent by bring back foliage to help keep the beaver lodge sturdy
v1jg7 TIL the photo of Pope John Paul II torn to pieces by Sinead O’Connor on SNL in 1992 was not a prop: "The photo itself had been on my mother's bedroom wall since the day the fucker was enthroned in 1978.”