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TIL about “Dunbar’s Number,” a theory that suggests humans can only successfully keep up to 150 interpersonal relationships.

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nB6b TIL World War II bomb shelters underneath London are being converted to hydroponic gardens lit with wind-powered LEDs.
X0PE8 TIL South African musician Lucky Dube was killed in a shooting because his assailants allegedly thought he was a Nigerian
wMdJ TIL that in 2012, someone put a 6 foot tall fork sculpture in a fork-in-the-road. When it was taken down, citizens put a sign up that stated “Why the fork not?” and continued to try to place various forks in the area.
1a0gP TIL that in 1937, a funnel was filled with hot pitch, a highly viscous material. In April 2014, the ninth drop from the funnel fell, almost thirteen and a half years after the eighth.
pYGe4 TIL about the Nauruan Civil War. It went on for 10 years, killed more than 1/3 of the population and ended when the German's intervened. Shortly afterwards, it was annexed by Germany.