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TIL of a 91 year old Czech granny, "street artist" (Anežka Kašpárková), who paints beautiful murals, with traditional Moravian motifs, on the sides of houses and churches.

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r1je TIL Google’s cafeteria food prices are set by nutrition facts – One cent per gram of sugar, four cents for saturated fat, a dollar for trans fat…
VM1Xp TIL that the majority of Amtrak's delays are due to freight railroads giving priority to their own trains over passenger trains. Even though this is explicitly against the law, only 1 violator has ever been charged by the Dept. of Justice in the entire 47 year history of Amtrak.
vwl4 TIL Spring gets 30 seconds shorter every year due to a wobble in the Earth’s axis. Astronomer L. Gerstman: “The shift in the time of the vernal equinox becomes more apparent. Spring will be shortest in the year 8680, (88.5 days), or 4 days shorter than this year’s.” After that it will lengthen again
aa8y TIL the average black-market price of an AK-47 worldwide is $534. In certain areas in Africa, prices of AK-pattern rifles can be as low as $30. It is estimated that up to 100 million Kalashnikov assault rifles are still in use today.
yV7kp TIL that on April 18 1930, the BBC's evening news report simply said "there is no news" and then played piano music for the entire segment.