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TIL Psy makes $60,000 every time he performs Gangnam Style

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wLVW8 TIL lobster’s brain is located in its throat, nervous system in abdomen, teeth in stomach and kidneys in head, hears using its legs, tastes with its feet, and tends to favor one front limb meaning they can be right-clawed or left-clawed
KxM4 TIL the Navy’s stealth destroyer, the USS Zumwalt, can’t fire its guns because the ammo is too expensive
9w877 TIL 21 libraries that included the Helen Keller archives, photo negatives of JFK, priceless art, evidence and files of investment fraud being investigated by the SEC, CIA files in a secret office, the 3000 lives and infrastructure loss was totaled up to 30.5 Billion when the Twin Towers fell.
4XYw5 TIL the goal of the 1993 WTC bombing was to collapse the North Tower into the South Tower, destroying both. The building's architect testified that the plan likely would have succeeded if the bomb had been placed slightly closer to the building's foundation.
16RVr TIL After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on Earth. If the cement industry were a country, it would be the third largest carbon dioxide emitter in the world with up to 2.8bn tonnes, surpassed only by China and the US. [2018 numbers]