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TIL the highspeed rail in Indonesia is called "Whoosh"

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l7grN TIL that in Singapore, every car has a 10-year lifespan — after that, you must either pay a huge fee to extend it or scrap the car. How waste is that with developing countries?
Gpxg TIL that there is a man in China who rents a house by the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge so that he can save the lives of suicidal jumpers.
Zppmv TIL 1941 after a meteor shower two Canadian Inuit announced they were Jesus and God and convinced people to kill their sled dogs since people will soon be able to fly. 9 people ended up losing their lives as a result of the community spread insanity.
xQdk TIL: The most recycled material in the US is asphalt. “99% of all asphalt is recycled & used to fix/build roads…US taxpayers saved $2.2B in 2011 by using recycled materials to pave roads. 66.7M tons of reclaimed asphalt pavement & 1.2M tons of reclaimed asphalt shingles went into paving projects.”
jNwGE Til About the Babe Ruth Story, a 1948 biopic of the eponymous baseball star that is considered to be the worst baseball film ever made. In it, Babe Ruth is portrayed as miraculously healing several children and a dog with his baseball antics.