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TIL of a German art project called the Time Pyramid. It consists of 120 concrete blocks, but only one block is placed every 10 years. So far, 3 blocks have been placed. It is scheduled to be completed in the year 3183

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69V87 TIL that the flag commonly believed nowadays to be the official flag of Austria-Hungary was actually their civil ensign, only used by merchant ships and consulates. Austria-Hungary actually had no official flag, often flying the Austrian and Hungarian flags together instead.
lvVr TIL that German police fired off 85 rounds of bullets in 2011, that’s the entire police force for the whole year
koMe TIL Dan Aykroyd jokes that Slimer in “Ghostbusters” is the ghost of John Belushi
GAeO7 TIL Phil Oakey of The Human League rescued a stranded monkey in a tripod on the streets of Northern England
9e5X TIL that Scientists replicated 100 Psychology studies, and fewer than half got the same results