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TIL China is currently building a fully functional duplicate of Manhattan, with intentions of it becoming the “largest single financial center in the world”.

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b9ega TIL that we almost had a symmetrical 13 month calendar where every month had 28 days and the each day-number was always on the same day of the week (26th was always a Thursday).
0d1XA TIL Frank Richards, a circus performer, endured severe blows to his stomach, letting a boxing champion hit him 75 times and even withstood being shot by a 47kg cannonball. The cannon was loaded with a spring and fired at close range, but Frank resisted these feats twice daily.
Egnbw TIL about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a secure backup facility that protects duplicates of seeds that are conserved in genebanks around the world. The purpose is to protect the world's food supply in case of disaster.
QJEE TIL Cocoa Puffs and Trix are just Kix with cocoa/fruit flavoring.
Aldo TIL the state of Missouri has a program called Puppies for Parole were the offenders at the prisons train dogs to be adopted. The program is in 19 of 20 institutions and the Queen of England is interested in starting a program like Missouri’s.