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TIL Boston had a horse-drawn railway system that predated its current subway in the 1850s

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v11m7 TIL that without the usage of levees or dams, over two thirds of the Netherlands would be flooded by the North Sea
wonD7 TIL a 20-yr-old man died 10 hrs after eating unrefrigerated, 5-day-old spaghetti with tomato sauce that he had reheated at school. His autopsy highlighted the importance of refrigerating food: the warmer temp allowed bacteria in the pasta to grow & produce a toxin that contributed to his death.
rN5x0 TIL SpongeBob was originally named SpongeBoy, but the legal team found that the name was already used by a pencil company (and not a mop company as many sources claim)
R589l TIL that Wild European hamsters in Vienna, Austria have learned to survive harsh winters by feasting on the oily, protein-filled candles left by mourners in gravesites.
78wKZ TIL that scientists have figured out a way to weigh clouds. Determining the cloud's approximate size is the first step. Clouds that are average in size weigh just about 1.1 million pounds.