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TIL that Justin Bieber has more followers on twitter than Canada has people (35,079,529) vs (35,002,400)

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0ww1j TIL that Roman concrete, subject to marine corrosion, has stood for over 2000 years, while modern cement can break down in as few as 50 years. The concrete the Romans used contained volcanic ash and got stronger over time: the ash was slowly replaced with Al-tobermorite, a rare hydrothermal mineral.
x7OB TIL that a dolphin known as “Stinky” has been sexually terrorizing divers and snorkelers off the coast of Grand Cayman Islands.
PWBw TIL While filming a guest appearance on Star Trek TNG, Stephen Hawking was taken on a tour of the USS Enterprise set. When he saw the Warp Core, he paused, and said ‘I’m working on that.’
l7jZa TIL A re-edit of the pilot episode of Battlestar Galactica was released theatrically in 1978 in Canada before the television series aired in the United States, in order to help recoup its high production costs.
yGVJ TIL A man outsourced his entire job to China while sitting at his desk browsing reddit