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TIL Kansas is actually flatter than a pancake

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EX4P TIL the inventor who first powered a vehicle using steam had his designs stolen from him, died destitute, and was buried in a pauper’s pit.
ejOJ TIL A drunk Mick Jagger once called Charlie Watts’ hotel room late at night looking for “my drummer.” Watts got up, showered, shaved, dressed in a shirt and tie, went to Jagger’s room, punched him in the face and then went back to bed.
lolB1 TIL that Tibetans living at >4200m altitude have more than double the blood flow compared to people living at sea level, as a result of the low pressure at these altitudes.
ADdrl TIL of CSX 8888, known as "crazy eights": A runaway train that ran uncontrolled through Ohio for two hours at up to 82 km/h. Police tried to stop it by shooting at a fuel cut-off switch and it was eventually stopped by a second locomotive chasing behind it so an engineer could jump aboard.
69QxX TIL About Operation Milagro where Cuba and Venezuela are providing vision-restoring surgeries for free in 35 countries