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TIL 9 lost cities have been rediscovered.

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BgpAb TIL that train rails are transported in bundles of 1/4mile long pieces that are so long they must bend with their freight train around corners.
K0BR TIL to save workers time for lunch on the new World Trade Center Building they installed a mobile Subway restaurant they moved up the building as they finished each floor.
nWmg9 TIL that about 90% of Americans consume too much sodium with the average sodium intake being 3,400 mg, more than 1000mg above the recommended limit
Zweo TIL that the 56,000 tonnes of food that Band Aid/Live Aid raised to relieve the 1983-85 Ethiopian Famine was left to rot at port due to Ethiopian Government Policies.
loemK TIL when the Grand Canyon divided the local squirrel population, they evolved into two different species. Despite being separated only by the Colorado River and remaining extremely similar in appearance, they are now so genetically incompatible that they can no longer interbreed.