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TIL of the Russky Bridge, a bridge that connects Vladivostok to Russky Island and cost roughly $1.1 billion US to build. It has enough capacity for 50,000 cars daily but only 5000 people live on the island so it is largely seen as a huge waste of money

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e0KVL TIL A man called Miyamoto Musashi is considered the greatest swordsman who ever lived and even defeated legendary swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. He arrived on the Island where they were due to fight, late, and with a wooden sword he'd carved out of an oar of the boat he used to get to the island.
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