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TIL the sun is actually white

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wLoKM TIL Mumbai's commuter rail system can get so crowded that trains can reach 14-16 people standing per square meter. On average, 2000 people die annually on the rail network.
olk8 TIL of the 1850’s Raising of Chicago. Buildings and whole streets were raised nearly 2 meters with screw jacks to allow the installation of a sewage system.
X1ND TIL when serial killer Ted Bundy was 3 years old he put knives in his Aunt’s bed and stood there grinning until she woke up.
N4N TIL that there are more people of Lebanese descent in Brazil than there are in Lebanon itself.
DQ4WJ TIL Only ten U.S. states do not have a commercially navigable waterway that connects to the ocean.