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TIL there are only two escalators in the entire state of Wyoming

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XEnAP TIL that a blue whale's tongue is as heavy as the average elephant.
WkK19 TIL the Suez Canal has a predecessor, the Canal of the Pharaohs, linking the Nile to the Red Sea in ancient times. The completion date is uncertain and it was closed in 767 AD.
QNMNp TIL there are 'To-scale' remote controllable toys that cost as much as a full size used vehicle.
JD9l TIL Neanderthals had larger brains and much stronger bodies than modern day humans and even sailed thousands of years before us.
8aZ0P TIL the adhesive used on Post-It notes was developed in research at 3M by a scientist Dr. Silver as a failed super strength adhesive. For years Silver could not think of a use for it until his fellow scientist Art Fry considered its use to hold notes in his hymnal to mark pages for choir practice.