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TIL The version of Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me" that was released was a demo vocal version

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VM7lD TIL that the atmosphere on Mars is so thin, the air at face-level and the air at feet-level would probably be vastly different temperatures.
VMgnk TIL ruts leftover from the wagon trains traveling the Oregon Trial, are still visible today.
dkrr TIL there is quite a large list of people who were killed by the things they invented.
ma0y TIL when kidnapped by pirates, a young Julius Caesar basically took charge of the ship, ordered his captors around & even read them his poetry (while reminding them they’d be crucified afterwards, which the pirates found hilarious.) Once free he raised a navy, captured them, and had them crucified.
5Y44B TIL of a "gravity train". If you could dig a tunnel through the center of the earth, a train could travel from one end to the other through force of gravity alone, coming to a gentle stop exactly at the other end.