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TIL the original Routemaster double-decker buses in London could carry over 60 people with a single 115 hp engine

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GYpGg TIL in 2014, a small Japanese village tried to set up a monument to remember the WW2 Korean slaves that died in the region, but were forced to stop by Japanese ultranationalists. These ultranationalists have also been successful in the removal of other monuments of contrition around Japan.
QrKa TIL 5 of the 6 longest bridges in the United States are in Louisiana.
65PZ TIL Navy SEALs brains are trained to alter the way the amygdala processes fear.
gMKnL TIL that only 7 men have lived to see their millionth hour, though more than 100 women have done so
9YnZp TIL: Knack managed to initially outsell Super Mario 3D World in the UK.