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TIL: After annexing Crimea in 2014, Russia began planning construction on the longest bridge in Europe, a 19km road and rail bridge connecting Crimea with mainland Russia. Such a bridge had been considered since 1903, it was completed in 2018.

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6ENPw TIL that Norman Greenbaum, artist of Spirit In The Sky, is actually Jewish. He was watching TV one night when he came across a country gospel star, thought it looked easy, and wrote his one hit wonder in 15 minutes. This Jewish artist’s song about Jesus sold 2 million copies in a year.
xVLvk TIL the older we get, the area in the brain responsible for filtering noises in the background and make us concentrate gets weaker. that's why elderly people have trouble driving. They focus too much on the background of moving objects, and not enough on the actual moving objects in the foreground
kobB TIL: Hundreds of TSA agents have been caught stealing from passengers.
pYnaQ TIL the movie Idiocracy (2006) had a budget of $2.4 million and only made $500k at the box office. “Beset by a low budget and no advertising support from 20th Century Fox, Idiocracy almost didn’t happen at all. The fact that it exists is a miracle.”
PYbLL TIL when Sylvester Stallone went to the person he sold his dog to, after he got paid for Rocky (1975), the new owner asked for $3000 instead of the original price of $60. After Stallone declined, the new owner agreed to give the dog if he got a role in Rocky. Stallone obliged and gave him a role.