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TIL the longest freight train ever was 4.5 miles long and weighed 99,734 tons, equal to 2493 fully loaded semi-trailer trucks.

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9Y9rM TIL that Frank Abignale, who was a master conman and subject of the 2002 movie Catch Me If you Can (played by Leonardo di Caprio), once collected money by putting an out-of-service sign over a collection box. He was surprised that it worked, stating later, "How can a drop box be out of service?"
OoKWX TIL that as of 2015, only 9% of all plastic ever made had been recycled, 12% was incinerated and 79% was in landfills or the environment,
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