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TIL: Airports have Zambonis for cleaning airplane tire rubber off the surface of runways

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9YawG TIL about Thors Hero Shrew. A shrew with interlocking vertebrae that can withstand the weight of a fully grown man.
nevGY TIL the FBI caught one of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers after he returned to the Ryder from which he rented the truck used to carry the bomb, wanting the $400 deposit back because his truck was "stolen".
nWVYB TIL that in the US alone, over 200,000 minors were legally married from 2002 to 2017, with the youngest being only 10 years old and most of them married to adults.
p8YD4 TIL that Olympic gold medalist sprinter Shawn Crawford was once disqualified from a race because he wore a Phantom of the Opera mask to a race and it shifted over his eyes, causing him to step out of his lane.
Ypyxv TIL in the 1968 and 1969 model years Ford dealership Rankin Ford offered their own car model - the RF-500. It was a combination of the Ford Custom body and LTD front end.