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TIL M-185 on Mackinac island, Michigan is the only state highway in US where no motorized vehicles are allowed. Travel is only by bicycles, horses or on foot.

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W79E8 TIL Canada developed the Ross Rifle because the British wouldn't give them Lee-Enfields during the 1899–1902 South African War. After the war the British urged Canada to switch to the Lee-Enfield but Canada refused. Ross Rifle proved ineffective in WW1 and Canada switched to the Lee-Enfield in 1916.
LkwrQ TIL fewer than 12% of the companies that were on the 1955 Fortune 500 list still were on it in 2017.
Z8BRa TIL: Mariah Carey makes up to $3.8 million per year from 'All I Want For Christmas'
1aRr8 TIL that a bunch of people actually thought Stephen Spielberg actually shot and killed a triceratops.
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