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TIL that Hong Kong still uses bamboo for scaffolding on their tallest buildings.

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JY48Q TIL that Boris Pasternak (the author or Doctor Zhivago) was almost killed in the great purge, 20 years before he wrote his famous novel. He was only saved at the last moment when Stalin himself crossed his name off the list with the note "leave that fool alone".
ABGn TIL there is a new type of snail recently discovered named after Steve Irwin named Crikey Irwiny
Oo0Z6 TIL: An artist was hired to create "The most unwanted song" which contains bagpipes, children singing about holidays, advertising jingles, accordions, and a soprano rap, it lasts 22 minutes.
b4m4 TIL it only takes eight pounds of household lye (sodium hydroxide) three hours to fully dissolve a human body.
N7NAb TIL of an ape named Oliver who preferred walking upright. He was bald, freckled, showed sexual attraction towards humans and even liked to pour himself a cup of brandy every night while wearing a smoking jacket. Due to his human-like features and mannerisms he was once believed to be a "Humanzee".