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TIL Finnish radio has a channel broadcasting current news in Latin

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78JVX TIL that Amtrak not only runs trains, but also intercity bus services, transit buses, vans, taxis, and ferry boats. This allows passengers greater connection to areas not covered by trains
DQm9j TIL that in 1930, 9% of all US households had at least one boarder, compared to less than 1% today. If as many households had a boarder today, it would provide enough housing for 10 million people.
mN5O TIL that if humans were capable of hearing frequencies lower than 20 Hz, we would hear our muscles moving.
LkAwr TIL: The original 1992 Candyman film used an on set hypnotist to help one of the actors act more realistically scared.
ney4b TIL that two men led a team of 80 people to collect over 1.2 million golden orb spiders, milk them for their silk, and create the rarest textile on earth: a golden silk cape