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TIL the CIA declassified a document where a subject found and gave the exact coordinates to underground USSR facility while Astral Projecting

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YpBVx TIL Franklin Sprague, an amateur tinkerer, in 1888 managed to build the very first electrified rail system that spanned 12 miles - a feat that was accomplished in just 90 days and paved the way for a viable mass transit system
epkRk TIL some people in Guangzhou (广州, China, 18 m people) call their city 'Guangkanda' (广坎达) because of the presence of a small African community
NX7ZQ TIL the suicide rate in England rose by 17% in the four weeks after the death of the Princess of Wales. This number was even higher amongst women (34%) and young women (45%)
wn9Y TIL California paid $1M towards the extermination of Native American tribes. Later, CA paid a bounty of $5 a head for any Native.
oxr7 TIL the ratio in length between the middle:pointer finger can be used to determine how much testosterone you were exposed to in the womb