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TIL China used more cement between 2011 and 2013 than America did during the entire 20th century

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9wyLM TIL that the movies in the Harry Potter universe have received a total of 14 Academy Award nominations, but only one win. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them won for Best Costume Design.
j6EVQ TIL that, in 1898, due to the closure of the Fleetwood Park Racetrack due to being sold to real estate developers, New York City officials considered building a new harness horse racetrack in Central Park. The city approved plans for a Central Park racetrack, but built it on unused land instead.
wKJM TIL that in WWII, an Australian Army nurse was shot during the Banka Island Massacre and feigned death until the Japanese soldiers left. She then rescued another injured survivor and nursed him back to health.
rNR4w TIL there's a species of invasive crayfish that was discovered in the 90's, is entirely made of clones, and an unknown origin
5Y6ZB TIL that one of the few cases of a child actually dying from intentionally poisoned Halloween candy was Timothy O'Bryan. The Culprit had been his own father Ronald, who had laced his pixy sticks with cyanide to claim his life insurance.