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TIL the Berlin Wall is now gone for as long as it stood: 28 years

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ANAYd TIL, about Poundbury, a town that was built according to the Principles of King Charles III. It started construction in 1993 and is currently 80% built. 4,600 people currently live there.
gdMb TIL aquariums don’t typically keep the mantis shrimp because they are capable of breaking through aquarium glass with a single strike of their claw. Their limbs move so quickly the water around them boils.
j6X6n TIL that UK used to do "virginity tests" at their airports on women coming from South Asian countries, these exams used to also occur on women at British High Commissions in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In 2021 this procedure was officially made illegal and criminalized in England and Wales
L4ZP TIL a teen needing a heart transplant was rejected in part because of his history of juvenile detention. A media outcry resulted in his getting a new heart, and later he died fleeing after a carjacking/burglary/shooting spree.
ddpj TIL Canadians attempted to build a ship out of ice during WWII.