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ADdEa TIL Justin Yifu Lin, a former Taiwanese military officer who defected to Mainland China in 1979 to pursue his ambitions. He studied at Peking University and the University of Chicago, became Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank. Now, he is still a wanted criminal of taiwan.
78WWZ TIL on a clear day you can see 6 different states from the empire state building. New York,New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Delaware.
aworM TIL about the Battle of Jumonville Glen, in which a young George Washington ambushed a French Canadian outpost. This became the opening battle of the French and Indian War.
KY6vR TIL that the regional hospital in Sundsvall, Sweden, is cooled year-round with stored snow from the winter months, reducing energy consumption for cooling by over 90%
d8Bnr TIL: Paris had a pneumatic post system, where you could send your mail through tubes until 1984!