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TIL that the reason that there is a change in autumn train timetables is because squished wet leaves that fall on the track act as a lubricant and trains have to go slower for safety.

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nVxr TIL translated to English, the Ukraine’s national anthem is “Ukraine Has Not Yet Died”
m5Mo TIL that the Milky Way is currently in the middle of a absorbing another smaller galaxy, the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy.
oBV4Y TIL that 90% of all data ever created by human existence was generated in the last 2 years.
78QXO TIL there is a 120 meter wide circular island in Argentina which continuously rotates
4rXR TIL there is a tree named Pando that is technically an entire forest. It is a clonal colony of 4700 aspens’s that all share the same root system.