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TIL of an unfinished skyscraper in Venezuela inhabited entirely by squatters

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X0MBP TIL that the founder of the Red Lobster chain of seafood restaurants first opened a diner called The Green Frog
9wxkX TIL Since October 31st, 2000, there has always been at least one human being in space at all times. That is 8,199 continuous days and counting.
b6QEE TIL a teenager died while playing Run It Straight, a game branded as “the world’s fiercest, new collision sport.” It entails 2 people with no protective gear (a ball carrier & a tackler) sprinting directly towards each other creating a high-impact collision that's over 5x the force of a rugby tackle
7rAGP TIL: A Civil War General was both commander and quartermaster for his own company, and would send himself requests and even deny and argue with himself out of a sense of propriety
5GL8 TIL in 2013 the Chinese government hacked Google. While many initially believed the hack was targeting the email accounts of activists, it actually targeted and compromised Google’s internal warrant tracking system, letting the Chinese know which of their operatives were being monitored.