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TIL that Tokyo has a massive underground water storage area to deal with typhoons and flooding

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p8X1N TIL that the most common noun in the English language, and the 55th most common word overall, is “time”.
G0J TIL: The shortest correspondence in history is between Victor Hugo and his publisher. Hugo was on vacation when Les Misérables was published. He telegraphed the single-character message “?” to his publisher, who replied with a single “!”
e0E6n TIL Russia is so large that it shares a border with 14 countries and has 11 time zones.
R74wj TIL that bathroom Hand Dryers without HEPA filters that are supposed to be more sanitary than paper towels are actually creating “Bacterial Highways” In Offices
O5Jg TIL Timothy Cole, while always maintaining his innocence despite an offer for a shorter sentence, died 14 years into a 25 year sentence for a rape DNA tests later showed he did not commit