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TIL Japan’s oldest business, temple builder Kongo Gumi, in operation under the founders’ descendants since AD 578, went out of business in 2006.

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5dvB TIL that Google is claiming users have no expectation of privacy in their legal defenses, while promising users their privacy is Google’s top priority everywhere else.
R7agj Today I learned of the continuously ringing bells at Oxford University that have been going since 1840 with batteries no one wants to open to see the contents of until the bell finally ceases to ring.
epyP5 TIL of the Glasgow effect, a term which refers to the lower life expectancy of residents of the Scottish city compared to the rest of the UK and Europe. Some hypotheses for this effect include stress, especially in childhood, leading to ill health; violent gang culture; and rate of premature births.
XEWEP TIL as the child of an international lawyer, Jeopardy! "Greatest of All Time" champion and interim host Ken Jennings grew up in South Korea and Singapore. He only began living in the United States permanently upon admission to the University of Washington in the 1990s.
JYKOk TIL that Paul McCartney created Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Band after misunderstanding Salt and Pepper for Sergeant Pepper, which triggered a train of thoughts leading to the album’s concept