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TIL That to cross the English channel by car you have to drive onto a train.

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v1paK TIL that a company in China has been building a true-to-scale replica of the Titanic for use as a tourist attraction. The interesting part is that the finished attraction will include a "hit the iceberg experience"...an audio/visual simulation of the Titanic's iceberg collision.
VMknG TIL in 1998, Marvel offered the cinematic rights of almost all of it's characters to Sony for a mere $25 million. Sony rejected the offer, and only purchased the rights to Spiderman for $10 million believing that movie audiences would only care about him.
1RAd TIL that the year 1816 was referred to as the “Year Without a Summer” due to global cooling from a volcano eruption the year before. Snow fell in July and the Northeast U.S. was enveloped in an orange fog.
wyLM TIL there is an 8 year old making over $1.3 million per year from his YouTube channel. His parents are putting the money into a savings account for him rather than spending the money.
oB94R TIL James Longstreet was one of the best Confederate generals, with Robert E Lee calling him "my old warhorse". However after the war he supported civil rights and led a militia of black soldiers