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TIL that the State of North Carolina owns a 317-mile rail corrider between Morehead City, NC and Charlotte, NC. It is operated by Norfolk Southern, and carries over 70 freight and 8 passenger trains per day.

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DK5e TIL that there are ghostly red lightning strikes 20 miles tall above thunderstorms called sprites. Long rumored, finally captured on video.
W7pVd TIL the world record for having hiccups is 68 years. Charles Osborne hiccuped roughly 30 times per minute from 1922 to 1990.
jXEa TIL it is predicated that all multicellular life on Earth will die out from a lack of CO2 in the atmosphere in 800 million years, 6.59 billion years before the earth is engulfed by the red giant sun
rNJXo TIL that there is no certain proof about how Repulse Bay in Hong Kong got its name.
0wjwv TIL about the Nowe Ateny, the first Polish encyclopedia (written in 1745-1746). It included definitions such as “Horse: Everyone knows what a horse is,” “Goats are a stinking kind of animal,” and “Dragon is hard to overcome, yet one shall try.” The humor was likely unintentional.