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TIL an architect tricked China into building a giant dong
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TIL The Simpsons episode guest starring Rob Halford, ‘Steal This Episode,’ mistakenly referred to Judas Priest as death metal. After fans complained, a following episode had Bart chalking “Judas Priest is not death metal” in the introduction.
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TIL that loneliness can make you sicker, mentally and physically, than someone who is not lonely
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TIL it has been scientifically proven that praise rather than criticism is the best way to help employees improve
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TIL that in 2006, some army units used Silly String to check enemy encampments for trip wires. Before entering a building, soldiers would squirt the string across the room. If it fell to the ground, it was safe. But if it hung in the air, they knew the room had trip wires.
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TIL Japan Air Lines Flight 123, being flown by a Boeing 747, crashed on August 12, 1986 due to complications from improper repairs made to the plane by Boeing after a tailstrike in 1978. The crash of Flight 123 is the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history.