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TIL that Amtrak has been losing money for 43 straight years

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jmmp TIL a recessed landscape design element that creates a vertical barrier while preserving an uninterrupted view of the landscape beyond is called a “ha-ha”
gMRGL Til that Barrow in Alaska remains in daylight for 84 days in Summer and dark for 67 days in Winter. It even experiences a midnight Sun!
pRbN TIL: Goosebumps writer, RL Stine, was making $40M a year in his prime, making him one of the wealthiest entertainers.
lWM1 TIL that the US Department of Education made around 51 Billion dollar profit off of government student loans, equivient to the profit of PMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo combined.
1aJr7 TIL in the 1960s, two doctors made a taxidermy female turkey to see what attracted a male. They discovered almost nothing stopped the male’s advances, even when the female’s wings, feet, and legs were removed. The male even made attempts to a stick with female’s head on it.