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TIL Seattle was given nearly a billion dollars in the 60s to build a subway system but never did after the voters voted against it.

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j6KJE TIL Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker survived a plane crash in which 4 of the 6 occupants were killed. The other survivor was DJ AM.
vwKD TIL a serial killer called the Grim Sleeper killed at least ten women from 1985-2007; the LAPD knew of the string of murders but did not find them urgent because the crimes were classified as NHI - “No Human Involved”
0rlj TIL in 2012, a skydiver was almost hit by a meteor in mid-air and caught the incident on film (x-post worldnews)
VZLB TIL there’s a team of NASA scientists who’ve been pretending they’re on Mars for nearly a year. They live and work in a dome on the side of a Hawaiian volcano and only go out in spacesuits.
YpO7d TIL American Olympians get taxed if they win a medal.