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TIL China has the world's fastest high speed rail line. It connects Beijing and Shanghai (800 miles /1300 km apart, similar distance to NYC-Chicago or London-Milan) in 4.5 hrs, averaging at 180 mph / 290 kph.

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O14X TIL that the number of people that die from the burning of fossil fuels and coal each YEAR is greater than the number of people that have EVER died as a result of nuclear power.
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