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TIL that from 1974 to 1998 the Willis (Sears) Tower in Chicago was the tallest building in the world. It now ranks 26th.

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x68KB TIL of the concept of the unmanned store, which is basically like a giant vending machine designed to reduce shoplifting, construction overhead, and disease.
QNJRk TIL Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway line in the world
9wWlX TIL about Planet 9, a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of our solar system. The planet has not been directly observed, but the gravitational effects of the planet could explain the unique orbits of bodies beyond Neptune, which orbit the sun as a single cluster.
5YmYp TIL when tickets went for sale for the first Comic Con in 1964, the first ticket was purchased by 15-year-old George R. R. Martin.
KM0R TIL that in Japan there is something called “Forest bathing” that involves taking long walks in the forest and “is regarded as being similar to natural aromatherapy