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TIL Chevrolet Vegas were shipped vertically in their rail cars

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ANreg TIL indigenous Bolivians in the Andes have evolved to be arsenic resistant due the strong presence of AS3MT enzyme in their bodies that can metabolize the toxic element which is naturally found in drinking water.
6EO1W TIL that the graffiti artist who painted Facebook's office is now worth $200 million after taking stock options before Facebook's IPO instead of cash
5VBOD TIL the world’s longest wedding dress train is 8,095.40 meters, which is almost long enough to reach Mount Everest at 8,850 meters.
pYmLb TIL that there are approx 140 ER visits a year in the from people ingesting strands of wire from BBQ grill brushes and that the consequences can be life threatening.
e0m7k TIL The International Potato Center has successfully grown potatoes in a simulated Mars environment. They grew the plants in a CubeSat which mimicked the Martian air pressure and atmosphere, and used saline desert soils analogous to Martian soils as the growing medium.