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TIL: Detroit, synonymous with the auto industry, has a driverless monorail system that moves about 2.4 million people a year.

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XENxj TIL that the longest confirmed record of sperm storage in a female vertebrate to date belongs to a rattlesnake. Using DNA analyses, researchers confirmed that a female eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake was able to store viable sperm for at least 67 months before giving birth to a healthy brood.
8exXK TIL Phil Collins became an 'honorary Texan’ after donating over 200 artifacts to The Alamo. Collins has actually written a book on The Alamo as well.
NX4wM TIL about the TwitterPeek, a Twitter-only mobile device introduced in 2009 that allowed users to send and receive tweets...and nothing else
DQgwr TIL that Silly String was Originally Designed to be an Instant Spray-On Cast for Broken Bones
XEAPD TIL that John Gotti had John Favara abducted, murdered and his body dissolved in acid because Favara accidentally hit and killed Gotti’s 12 year old son Frank in 1980. Frank Gotti was riding his motorbike in the neighborhood when he darted in front of Favara’s car and was run over.