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TIL NASA developed a form of concrete that doesn't need water, to be used as a construction material on the Moon

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no97 TIL an 11 year old boy was elected mayor of Crabb, Texas on the platform that he would work to incorporate the town even though it meant he would lose his seat. He was quoted as saying that “the mayor isn’t there to sit and worry about keeping his job. He’s there to do what’s best for the people.”
PdpL TIL that the rock band ZZ Top has had the same members without any changes since 1969, 47 years.
lK9A TIL that the most complex Chinese character (hanzi) is 64 strokes & means ‘verbose’.
WkGk4 TIL despite its negative reaction, New Coke continued to be sold as "Coke II" in limited markets until it was quietly discontinued in 2002
KDwE TIL most of E.T. was filmed at the eye level of a child so adults can connect more with the children in the film