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TIL that there is a planned bike trail that will run from Maine to Florida

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0w5J5 TIL about Verrückt, which was the world‘s tallest Water Slide at 168ft 7in (51.38m), built by the water park Schlitterbahn. Two years after its opening, a 10-year-old boy was decapitated by the safety net. The owners were charged with manslaughter.
9Yv9B TIL there is roughly as much vitamin C in one ounce of narwhal skin as there is in one ounce of oranges.
OoQn1 TIL a study found that after nine months of living in Hawaii, mainland students’ views on race shifted noticeably
xVy7B TIL The Censored Eleven are eleven Looney Tunes and Merrie Nelodies cartoons banned since 1968 because the use of ethnic stereotypes were deemed too offensive and no amount of editing could ever make them acceptable. Warner Bros. announced an uncensored release in 2010 but it was never released.
1agpO TIL that scientists in San Diego, CA have successfully genetically modified certain cancer cells to destroy other ones, using antibody therapy. The modified cells are transformed into super-charged immune cells.