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TIL why Roman concrete was and is so strong!

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VMdQp TIL that the most common supermarket mushrooms (Button, Cremini, and Portabella) are all the same species.
w4ZW TIL that the oldest alliance in the world is between the UK and Portugal, and is over 700 years old.
GwMJ TIL that there is a version of the Bible translated into Hawaiian Pidgin called “Da Jesus Book”
lVEA TIL that there is a family in Florence that has been keeping records of all of their ledgers, bills and correspondences in a continuous archive since 1362.