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TIL that Tupac Shakur was a ballet dancer growing up and played The Mouse King in a production of The Nutcracker

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1aY97 TIL that in 1924, a tunnel network was discovered underneath Washington D.C. Speculation behind the network's origins included a Confederate hideout or a liquor depot for bootleggers; they were actually dug by the Smithsonian Institute's entomologist Harrison G. Dyar, who 'did it for exercise'.
YpGav TIL Shanghai was China’s most international and modern city, and the first president Sun Yat Sen lived in a Western-style house in a large self-governing British-run district. Influential Chinese and foreigners lived in the International Settlement and the area still looks Western
rNkk0 TIL the hanging boxes on power lines are called Stockbridge dampers and mitigate specific vertical movement (called Aeolian vibration) in the cables that would otherwise result in stress fatigue and potential separation. This is the same vibration that destroyed the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940.
D191J TIL that in Jamaica, homosexual activity is punishable with up to a decade in prison. However, this law only applies to men, so lesbian activity is legal.
yV0ae TIL The average speed of male ejaculation is 28 mph / 45 kph