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TIL Kardashians get 40 times more news coverage than climate change

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LkBRV Today I learned this interesting piece of history about the 19th century colonial railroad race to Yunnan! Connecting railways lines across the Asian landscapes in a bid to exert imperial dominance in Southeast Asia.
R7Yrl TIL about GhostTunes. It was Garth Brooks' answer to not being able to carve out a satisfactory deal with the streaming platforms to showcase his music. Lasted less than 3 years and was eventually sold to Amazon where Brooks' entire catalog is exclusively available now.
nVNd TIL that in Florida you get a mandatory 10 year jail sentence if you flash a gun during an altercation and a mandatory 20 year jail sentence if the gun goes off; regardless if it hits anyone
X049r TIL that the colony of Eider Ducks on the Farne Islands in Northumberland, England were the subject of one of the first ever bird protection laws, established by Saint Cuthbert in the year 676.
nWKm9 TIL that 13 US states have laws prohibiting the sale or trading of cars on Sundays. These so-called 'blue laws' were originally meant to keep people pious and promote church-going.