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TIL Russians have a word “Zapoi” to describe several days of continuous drunkeness during which one withdraws from society.

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ANO7x TIL there’s a house in NY that is legally haunted “and seller must inform the purchaser of the haunting.”
awovL TIL there is a monument dedicated to Benedict Arnold's leg in New York.
7r7rO TIL in Scandinavia the Kiruna to Narvik electrified railway carries iron ore down a steeply graded route. On the way down the trains generate large amounts of electricity by regenerative braking, which is sufficient to power the empty trains back up the track and pump excess energy into the grid.
DOXV TIL A woman that reported 100 incidents of harassment and stalking, was found dead drugged with her arms hogtied behind her back, but ruled by the police as a suicide.
KPG4 TIL the record for the fastest manned aircraft was set in 1959, and still hasn’t been broken.