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TIL there is a pass in Wyoming where a stream splits and half the water goes to the Pacific Ocean and half goes to the Atlantic Ocean

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ZAGG TIL that buying a Prius doesn’t save most people money on gas spending because it takes 7.5 years to break even on cost and the average car owner only keeps their car for 6 years.
yGGp TIL the explosion from the first nuclear weapon test at Trinity was so bright that Georgia Green, a blind woman almost 50 miles away, asked her brother “What’s that light?”
L1Xr TIL in 1938 a revolver-camera was invented to take a picture just as the trigger was pulled.
x6jRg TIL that in 2011, George Michael came out of a coma speaking in a country western accent -- an instance of a rare but real neurological condition called foreign accent syndrome.
OR5R TIL: A Chinese farmer studied law for 16 years’ to defeat a corporation dumping hazardous chemical waste near his land