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TIL: In the Brazilian jungle is an unfinished elevated freeway over 120 feet high in places with some tunnels and viaducts --abandoned and connected to nothing.

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N71vb TIL it is a common misconception that all sunflower heads track the Sun across the sky. While young sunflowers do exhibit the behavior, when it reaches maturity the sunflower will stay static usually towards an eastwards direction.
N7rle TIL Apollo 10 was under-fueled on purpose, just in case Stafford and Cernan got any cowboy ideas on trying to land on the moon. Nelson said that NASA was concerned they would attempt an unplanned landing, writing they said "Don't give those guys an opportunity to land, 'cause they might!"
awlr0 TIL that Jar of Flies by Alice In Chains was the first EP to ever debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The feat would not be repeated for another 10 years, when the Jay-Z/Linkin Park Collision Course EP did it.
b96ba TIL they used to release massive balloons from Macys Parade into the air. If found, you could redeem one for a $100 reward. But they stopped because in "1932 an errant balloon wrapped itself around a passing airplane's wing, sending it into a tailspin."
WG5A TIL that during WWII, Norwegian resistance members would put itching powder inside condoms and deliver them to German soldiers. Many of them went to the hospital, thinking they had contracted an STD.