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TIL that Redbox is trying to replace Ticketmaster by offering tickets for sale at Redbox with a 1$ fee.

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VBLB4 TIL about the atlantropa, a gigantic engineering and colonisation idea that was devised by the German architect Herman Sörgel in the 1920s, and promoted by him until his death in 1952. The project was devised to contain several hydroelectric dams in key points of the Mediterranean Sea.
47XJ TIL almost every major porn site including youporn, redtube and many others are all run by 1 company called Mindgeek.
9Y1oX TIL the first ever Police car was an electric wagon with a speed of 16 mph (26 km/h) and travel 30 mi (48 km) before its battery needed to be recharged
VB7kk TIL there are more variants of the English language then just American English, British English, etc. These include South Atlantic English, which is an English variant from St Helena and Tristan da Cunha, as well as Antarctic English.
mXOP TIL that EVERY starting hand in Texas Hold'em has a nickname