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TIL China has the most skyscrapers in the world. It has so many in fact that the next 13 countries combined still have less skyscrapers than China.

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8e1xK TIL By tradition, character deaths in ancient greek theater almost never happened on stage. No matter the importance of the character, deaths almost always occured off stage and announced via messenger, with the body only showed later
xV15g TIL a study found that about one in five corporate executives are psychopaths – roughly the same rate found among prisoners.
ZMgp TIL a species of jellyfish, has developed a way to change itself from an adult back to the polyp stage (infant), and back and forth, which in effect allows it to live forever.
oBbx7 TIL that giant panda is no longer 'endangered' species
PYDrO TIL that Square originally chose to develop games for the Sega Saturn instead of the PlayStation. This changed after they received the development manuals for each. The Saturn's was in a loose binder, implying Sega was making changes, while the PlayStation's was bound in a book, implying confidence.