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TIL There's a bus that crosses Detroit and Ontario

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nWy9B TIL that Eratosthenes, the man who calculated the circumference of the Earth, also calculated various dates of the Trojan war.
vpnL TIL that the current mayor of Davao city, Phillipines is noted for transforming the city from the murder capital of the nation to “the most peaceful city in Southeast Asia” through vigilante means and toleration of extrajudicial killings of alleged criminals. Time magazine dubbed him “The Punisher”.
8aQjX TIL that Country Time is offering to pay All Lemonade Stand Fines / Permits
XEx18 TIL that the Oxford Junior Dictionary removed around 50 words that have to do with the natural world, in order to replace them with more "modern" words for today's tech-savvy children. Some of the removed words include acorn, dandelion, heron, newt, and otter.
5LlB TIL we have never opened the door to The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Qin Shi Huang who had the Terracotta army built for himself.