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TIL the Amtrak Cardinal got its name because it runs through six states that all have the cardinal as their state bird

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0ww01 TIL there is only about a pound of hanger steak per butchered cow and is often called butcher's steak because butchers would often keep it for themselves.
Y7BPA TIL todays living population makes up 7.5% of all humans that have ever lived on Earth. The population is so high, that for every living person alive today, there are fewer than 15 dead people
b9eWZ TIL: In an effort to reduce drunk driving, the city of Austin, TX will waive parking tickets if a receipt showing that a ride-share company, taxi or bus was used within 24 hours of receiving the ticket
J1Op1 TIL, Jose Melena was at work loading pallets of canned tuna into a 35-foot-long pressure cooker when a coworker filled it up with 12,000 pounds of tuna and turned it on for 2 hours while Jose was still inside.
P1dbL TIL that since the medieval period Singapore has only had one monarch (Yusof Ishak) as an independent state; it became a republic the same year it split from Malaysia.