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TIL the Alaska Railroad still allows passengers to wave a white cloth along the route and the train will stop to pick them up.

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wonD7 TIL a 20-yr-old man died 10 hrs after eating unrefrigerated, 5-day-old spaghetti with tomato sauce that he had reheated at school. His autopsy highlighted the importance of refrigerating food: the warmer temp allowed bacteria in the pasta to grow & produce a toxin that contributed to his death.
d8Pxj TIL that in 2018, the average cost of a Formula One car was $15.52 million - with more than 50% of that being the cost of the engine
JbvQ TIL Companies invested 185 million dollars in the CueCat scanner, one of the biggest tech bombs of all time.
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