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TIL that nearly every country except the United States has made it policy to not attack dams

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XaeD TIL the largest Japanese character is called Taito, consists of 84 strokes and means “the appearance of a dragon in flight”.
x60ao TIL that New Line Cinema had plans for Tom Cruise to play Iron Man until they let the option expire in 2005.
VB6QD TIL the tallest man-made waterfall in the world was built at the request of Roman consul Manius Curius Dentatus in 271 BC, and is still flowing today.