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TIL Roman aqueducts took into account the curvature of the Earth.

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grYeA TIL Amazon won the right to produce a Lord of the Rings series (Rings of Power) without pitching the Tolkien estate a specific story. Instead, Amazon promised to work closely with the estate to "protect Tolkien's legacy", which the estate felt they were unable to do with previous adaptations.
0dm1L TIL The black tip at the end of a cutter knife is used to snap-off a dull blade tip
RrDl TIL that French Bulldogs cannot reproduce on their own. They have to be artificially inseminated AND deliver only by C-section.
e0DXn TIL: As a person quits smoking, residue comes off their lungs and up their nose which now has a heightened sense of smell causing vivid, realistic dreams of smoking
78GbO Today I learned how to say the sweet popping up in all the trendy bakeries: Kouign-amann (Queen a mon)