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TIL that Av. Pastor Martin Luther King Jr is one of the most dangerous streets on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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QNP0e TIL Blondie wrote an original James Bond song : "For Your Eyes Only" but it was rejected and she refused to sing the version the producers chose (sung by Sheena Easton)
NnGM TIL that the fat part of a worm is called a clitellum. “The clitellum produces a ring-like band after a worm mates. The ring moves forward, collecting eggs, and slips over the worm’s head. As it slides off, the ends seal and form a cocoon. Baby worms hatch from this cocoon.”
neJ4d TIL about the Dionne quintuplets. They lived in a specially built hospital nicknamed "Quintland" in the mid 1930's in Ontario. They were the biggest tourist attraction at the time, bringing in more than $50 million in revenue and were also used in film and to promote Quaker Oats.
gMA1D TIL in 2013, there was a train crash in Australia caused by millipedes. There were so many of them on the tracks that a train pulling into a station ended up losing friction from squishing so many of them and crashed into another train.
b66k7 TIL about Srivijaya, a lost 14th century city that ruled Indonesia and much of Southeast Asia for over 600 years but which disappeared without a trace. Its location was recently uncovered when fisherman on the River Musi discovered golden artefacts from the city caught in their nets.