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TIL Sand Dollars Are Animals

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JY1R4 TIL China has the world's fastest high speed rail line. It connects Beijing and Shanghai (800 miles /1300 km apart, similar distance to NYC-Chicago or London-Milan) in 4.5 hrs, averaging at 180 mph / 290 kph.
PYbBE TIL A three-sided skyscraper in the heart of Mexico City rises 246 metres, making it the tallest tower in the sprawling metropolis. It is organised into 14 four-storey clusters, conceived as "buildings within a building". Each cluster has its own interior garden
oBeJL TIL No cases of strangers hurting children by hiding poisons or sharp objects in candy have been proven. However, in rare cases, family members have used the story to try to cover up murder or accidental deaths. Also, some children have copycatted it and then pretended it was the work of a stranger.
ADZ0B TIL that April 19 is “Bicycle Day”, named after when Albert Hoffman, the man who first synthesized LSD, made the first intentional ingestion of LSD and then went home on a bicycle.
jNwVQ TIL Ninety-nine per cent of crocodile offspring are eaten in the first year after birth, by large fish, herons, monitor lizards and adult crocodiles.