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TIL: The Roundabout is a more efficient way to move cars through an intersection

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R5019 Til an everything bagel refers to the toppings not the contents
W7QNd TIL about the ghost ship SS Baychimo, who was abandoned in 1931 and expected to sink, but she didn't sink and kept popping up, last seen in 1969 she could still be sailing around out there.
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