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TIL Serbia’s capital has been razed and rebuilt more than 40 times.

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XE4yE TIL Due to China’s early discovery and love of ceramics they didn’t produce any glass between the 14th-19th century. This meant they didn’t have mirrors and windows etc, leaving them behind in sciences, as they didn’t make lenses and other things fundamental to science.
Br4vL TIL that US rapper Jay-Z stabbed record producer Lance Riviera in a Berlin nightclub in 1999 and was sentenced to 3 years' probation for second-degree felony assault.
QJnpL TIL that mosquitos can pause & resume their development lifecycle stages egg -> larva -> pupa -> adult. While each of these stages typically last 5 - 14 days, if conditions are unfavourable (heat, cold etc), they can delay the transition by even a year by going into diapause (dormant stage)