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TIL mammoths were still alive as recently as 3730 - 4490 years ago

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emLD TIL a prototype testing platform has been built by Chinese scientists for a magnetic levitation train that could travel up to 2900 km/h and take you from Paris to Moscow in just 1 hour.
e0A1D TIL about Borderlands 2 character Michael Mamaril. A Borderlands fan that died at 22 before Borderlands 2 came out. When his friends asked Gearbox if they would have Claptrap read a eulogy, they instead made a character in the game based off of Michael himself.
AAlB TIL Karl Marx’s last words were “Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough.”
Oag1 TIL 65 nations refused to participate in the 1980 Summer Olympic Games to protest the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Afghanistan wasn’t one of them, sending 11 athletes to compete.
yQjyX TIL that George Washington is the second richest American president in history, worth 580 million when adjusted for inflation.