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TIL that Amtrak has been losing money for 43 straight years

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LkPaZ TIL Coral spawning is known as the reproduction by which they release their eggs and sperm all at the same time. This means that they all orgasm at the same time. This particular event happens all around the world in synchronicity once every year.
OjPL TIL of actor William Haines (1900–1973), who quit acting in 1935 when his studio employer, MGM, tried to pressure him into ending his relationship with his male partner and entering into a “lavender marriage” to hide his homosexuality. Instead, the two started a successful interior design business.
Ampx TIL due to centuries of inbreeding Charles II of Spain was physically and mentally disabled and infertile. Due to the deaths of his half brothers, he was the last member of the male Spanish Habsburg line. He didn’t learn to walk until eight. His jaw was deformed, he could barely speak or chew.
PYJ5w TIL that King Charles I, King of England, already taken prisoner, attempted to escape but was captured and imprisoned in Carisbrooke Castle in the Isle of Wight in 1647
Zyeo TIL that Jenny’s phone number, 867-5309, is not only a prime number, but also a double prime and a member of a primitive Pythagorean triple