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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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R7V8Q TIL Hermann Goering's daughter has attempted to claim ownership of the art collections that the Nazi Leader stole during WW2. Her appeals have been rejected since the sixties.
wLvjW TIL of Gaius Marius, who eliminated the requirement for Roman soldiers to be landowners. Thereafter, Rome's legions largely consisted of poor citizens who became extremely loyal to their commanders. Ultimately, this was highly significant for Caesar and Rome's transformation from Republic to Empire.
w947 TIL: In 2000, for the sole purpose of trolling the MPAA, a programmer created a mostly useless, legal program that shared a name with the recently released, illegal program for decrypting DVD video, DeCSS.
rRAXw TIL that pandas in captivity lose interest in mating - so they are shown videos of other pandas having sex to encourage them to mate.
pYNoZ TIL that monarchs have been depicted on British coins since ancient times. But Queen Elizabeth was the first monarch to appear on banknotes of all denominations. During her reign, her image was redrawn 5 times. Her face was first used on a £1 note that was released 8 years after her 1952 ascension.