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j6ZGX TIL the Dumb Ways to Die song was a public campaign by an Australian rail network to promote railway safety awareness. It is credited with a 30% drop in rail accidents.
ZZmQ TIL Scientists cut the nerve pathways that disable the body during REM sleep in cats to see them act out their dreams
16OMO TIL Kaluga (Huso dauricus), also known as the river beluga, is a large predatory sturgeon found in the Amur River basin. With a maximum size of at least 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) and 5.6 m (18.6 ft), the kaluga is one of the biggest of the sturgeon family.
1l64 TIL that in France, only croissants made with 100% pure butter can be straight under culinary law. All others have to be shaped differently.
nrPP TIL Elvis once bought a random stranger a car after he saw her admiring his custom limo while it was parked at a car dealership