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TIL a 6 year old boy in UK sent a letter to the Railroad Museum asking for a job in the cutest way, they invited him over and named him “Director of Fun”

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a8wZL TIL that the Turia river in Valencia was permanently diverted after constant flooding causing damage to surrounding areas, the old riverbed is now a verdant sunken park.
v1B1K TIL that a cat in Wisconsin, saved her human family by pawing at them when they were feeling sleepy and got them out of the house. First responders did a test and revealed that the house had a dangerous level of carbon monoxide poisoning.
E1ZYw TIL that 6 people who lived in an apartment over a period of 9 years died from leukemia. An investigation revealed a capsule containing caesium-137 embedded in the wall, believed to have gotten mixed up with construction supplies
VBpwQ TIL that a Roman envoy stopped the Seleucid invasion of Egypt by drawing a circle around the invading Seleucid king and daring him to literally cross the line.
b9Vl9 TIL "Chemist" wood ants create a powerful anitbiotic from tree resin and formic acid to protect themselves from epidemics and deadly fungi