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WAv4 TIL the world’s oldest logo belongs to Stella Artois beer, which despite numerous changes in management since its creation, the original horn logo hasn’t changed in 650 years.
GYZKN TIL Just like in high school, assisted living facilities and nursing homes can have their share of mean girls and bullies. People don’t always grow out of their cattiness and aggressive tendencies as they age
kOOw7 A windowless skyscraper in the heart of New York City may be the secret Manhattan surveillance hub of the US National Security Agency (NSA), The Intercept has reported. The brutalist, 29-storey AT&T Long Lines Building at 33 Thomas Street has sheer concrete walls that could reportedly survive an atomic explosion; inside, documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden suggest is one of the agency’s most important spying centres.
epDJJ TIL that steel and concrete have almost identical thermal expansion, making reinforced concrete (and modern civilization's constructions) possible.
8axr4 TIL that Keira Knightley had an acting agent by the age of 6, was in Star Wars at 13, Pirates of the Caribbean at 17, and was nominated for an Oscar for Pride and Prejudice at 20.