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TIL why Roman concrete was and is so strong!

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VMGvG TIL of the first English teacher in Japan — Ranald MacDonald. A bank clerk turned sailor, he taught 14 samurai English while he was held as prisoner.
wJxE TIL that Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is the only film in the top 10 worldwide box office this year that is wholly original (not a reboot, remake, sequel, or part of a franchise)
YX6r TIL that since 1977 Nikon every year holds a photomicrography competition. Here are all the winners and honorable mentions!
ADL6o TIL In 2007, Odyssey Moon was the first team to register for the Lunar X Prize competition, an event that hopes to rekindle the efforts of humans to return to the moon. The team's goals were to build and deploy a robotic lunar lander
neB6o TIL about Homegrown National Park, an effort to plant all unpaved and unfarmed land in America, from window boxes to yards, with native plants to support the entire food chain.