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TIL that Amtrak has been losing money for 43 straight years

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W7n4 TIL in WWI, a dog named Stubby was promoted to sergeant in the US Army for locating and effectively capturing a German spy.
V0r4 TIL that human bites are one of the most dangerous animal bites in the world due to the bacteria in our mouths.
ep4oJ TIL we're banking cells of endangered animals so we can reintroduce them in case they go extinct when humanity learns to treat the planet better
RpBl TIL New York City landmarks like Rockefeller Plaza shut out the public for 1 day each year so that they don’t risk losing property rights to “adverse possession” (squatter’s rights)
rRAOd TIL that the droopy lip and lazy eye of Pennywise, the clown in It, isn’t CGI; Skarsgard does it on command