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TIL Norway can live off investments from its oilfund for “decades, centuries, possibly forever”

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EWb0 TIL that in 2014 the Danish government recreated their entire country in Minecraft. It took 4 trillion blocks to build. However, it was discovered that you could use TNT Minecarts on the server. Almost immediatly people started blowing up towns, and planting american flags and tanks over the ruins.
1aYXV TIL in 1587, 115 men, women and children arrived at Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina. Their colony was to establish England's first foothold in the "New World." When their leader returned from a resupply mission, no one was to be found. All that was left was a token carved into a tree.
woEaW TIL that micheal jackson was actully black and had a condition called vitiligo
4kLV6 TIL European rabbits are our most destructive invasive species in Australia. They impact over 300 threatened native species and even boost the number of predators like cats and foxes.
16504 TIL The Shenzhen stock exchange takes a lunch break.