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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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WkbGL TIL fire in Sweden turns cans of rotten fish into exploding missiles
r1OW TIL that before the interstate highway system was established, it took a military convoy 62 days to cross the United States from coast to coast.
1axyO TIL that Roald Dahl author of charlie and the chocolate factory and Matilda was the author behind the screenplay for "You only live twice" despite having no experience writing a screenplay except for a movie unfinished called "The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling"
d8Dgj TIL Busty Heart, a big bust model who crushes things with her breasts, got all “no” votes from the America’s Got Talent judges, but got all “yes” votes and made it to the semi-finals on the German version of the show
16OWV TIL that the Batmobile is legally a character. When DC Comics sued a mechanic building replicas of Batman's vehicle, the courts ruled that the Batmobile has "physical as well as conceptual qualities" that make it distinctive, and is not merely a "useful article" (an ordinary car).