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TIL that ancient Roman concrete’s resilience comes from lime clasts, which helped it self-repair cracks and maintain strength over centuries

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a8goJ TIL the only U.S. state governor to be assassinated, William Goebel, was actually sworn in the day after he was shot. He died having served only 3 days in office.
ReP9 TIL the ad revenue made from the “charlie bit my finger” youtube video was enough for the family to buy a new house
EOK7 TIL that the great tradition of throwing panties at rock stars did not begin with Elvis, but with Franz Liszt
8ova TIL that there are well over a dozen different region-specific styles of BBQ food in the US
GAgPg TIL World War II codebreaker Dilly Knox used to solve coded enemy messages in the bathtub and persuaded his superiors to have a bathtub installed in his office in the cryptanalysis section of the British Admiralty.