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TIL a 2011 Foo Fighters concert in Auckland caused ground vibrations that were similar to volcanic tremors.

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Me5N0 TIL that Naspers, a South African company that "formed an integral part of the power structure which implemented and maintained apartheid", today has a 31% stake in Tencent, making it Tencent's largest shareholder
1aYp8 Today I learned about an Electric Eel named Miguel Wattson. Whenever he discharges a large enough jolt, a tweet will be automatically sent out to his own Twitter account @EelectricMiguel. He also powers the Christmas lights at the exhibit.
GAMNQ TIL that in some extremely impoverished areas, such as the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, residents use “flying toilets”: Plastic bags that, after being filled, are thrown as far away as possible.
0drxL TIL Microsoft implemented a four-day workweek as part of the “Work Life Choice Challenge” in Japan by closing offices every Friday. Productivity, measured by sales per employee, rose by nearly 40% compared to the previous year's same period.
a8M8L TIL about the Zeitpyramide. An almost ten meter high pyramide being built with a rate of one brick every ten years in the German town Wembing. The construction was undertaken i 1993 and is scheduled for completion in the year 3183.