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TIL - At $150 Billion… The International Space Station is the most expensive thing ever built.

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y1lp TIL: Mr. Brightside by the Killers has been in the UK Single top 100 for 184 weeks since ‘04 (91st currently)
BgBAx TIL that in Bali, there is law dictating that buildings (except in certain scenarios) cannot be taller than a coconut tree or 15m.
6lRW TIL that 5 scientists observed 60,000 episodes combined of 73 cows lying down to determine that: (1) the longer the cow has been lying down, the more likely the cow will soon stand up, and (2) once the cow stands up you cannot easily predict how soon that cow will lie down again.
PA0V TIL: During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from german handcuffs.
OGJ9X TIL that Lensey Namioka, born in China, has a name that cannot be written in Chinese. Her linguist father found two Chinese syllables, "len" and "sey", that aren't used in words so don't have Chinese characters. He named his next daughter "Lensey"; she is the only known person with the name.