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TIL 78% of Singapore's population lives in public housing managed by the government.

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4Eew TIL there was Russian novel published in 1999 which re-tells The Lord of The Rings from Sauron’s Perpective
0wpGv TIL that Toto was actually played by a female brindle Cairn Terrier whose real name was Terry. Her grave was destroyed during the construction of the Ventura Freeway in 1958.
lo0p1 TIL that the character of John Munch from Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: SVU has appeared as a cross-over character in over 10 other shows which include The Wire, Arrested Development and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
4rZo TIL the Voltaire quote co-opted by the far-right movement, “to learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise” is actually a false quote attributed to Voltaire, and was likely first used by White Supremacist Kevin Strom in 1993, 215 years after Voltaire’s death.
b9kg0 TIL at high enough speeds an aircraft can use it's own shockwaves to generate a considerable amount of additional lift. This phenomenon is called compression lift and has only been demonstrated to two aircraft models.