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TIL that because earthquakes kept destroying Spanish-built buildings like churches, houses, and settlements in Colonial era Philippines, a new architectural style was created solely to withstand the tremors——Earthquake Baroque.

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9wwA7 TIL that the phrase ‘involuntary celibate’ was coined by Alana, a ‘nerdy queer woman’ who had never been on a date, and who wanted a name for her loneliness and the loneliness of others like her.
j6Vva TIL that there are 10,000 stars in the universe for every grain of sand on Earth
GAoRJ TIL that many species of sharks can be rotated in order to subdue them, thanks to a defensive mechanism known as tonic immobility.
PYagG TIL of the Harvard Jail House, which was put on sale by accident. Robert Pinckney bought the jailhouse for $1.50 and successfully sued the town for rent when they continued putting criminals in there. He then sold the place to Charlie McCarthy, a ventriloquist’s dummy, for $10,000 in war bonds.
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