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TIL in New York City, over 690 subway trains were delayed due to people jumping on the track. And over 726 trains were delayed due to litter and garbage fires... in one month.

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jNBla TIL the Pokéwalker, a toy step-counter bundled with the 2010 Nintendo DS games Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver is one of the most accurate step-counters ever made.
oRryW TIL the name for Limp Bizkit was meant to be terrible so that people would look at their album, see the name and then go "oh, this name sucks ass!"
8aZbK TIL about Douglas Bader a pilot who lost both his legs in a plane crash in 1931 but went on to become a legendary pilot in WWll - captured by the Germans and given prosthetic legs - the first thing he did with them was try to escape!!!
LkOYv TIL that only female honey bees sting, and that males cannot; the drone's stinger has been replaced with a sex organ.
kKd7 TIL the place name Kandahar in Afghanistan loosely translates to “Alexander” as in Alexander the Great. Khandahar was one of the cities named Alexandria established during Alexander’s conquests.