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TIL that PETA kills 89% of the animals it takes in

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x6Krb TIL you can go to the island of Sicily via a "boat-train", the last remaining passenger train ferry in Europe. It is a 25-minute ride across the Straits of Messina, the service started in 1899.
GP11 TIL that in most legal Nevada brothels, if the customer arrives by cab, the house gets 50%, the cab driver gets 30%, and the prostitute gets 20% of the revenue.
WkMDY TIL Beyoncé would sing her albums while running to keep herself from getting winded while on stage
E1oKW TIL that George Harrison created a film production company to fund Monty Python's Life of Brian at a cost of £3 million, because he "wanted to see the movie"—later being described by Terry Jones as "the world's most expensive cinema ticket".
wJx6 TIL that synchronized swimmers have an unusually high rate of concussions for athletes, basically as a result of kicking each other in the head.