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TIL: Some landfills get turned into parks.

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Oo791 TIL in the summer of 2018 a man who flunked the London paramedic exams managed to infiltrate the paramedics' internal computer system and pose as a qualified paramedic. As a result he managed to respond to over 100 emergency calls before he was caught.
wLWJ TIL Curiosity’s minimum uplink rates to Earth are 160bits/sec and 800bits/sec, depending on the antenna it is targeting on Earth.
P44g TIL that MIT and CalTech maintain a “bitter” rivalry despite being 3,000 miles apart. Unlike most rivalries, it’s based largely on pranks–including the theft and transport of an antique cannon from one campus to the other, and the appearance of a “TARDIS” on top of a student hall.
QYK6 TIL that in the entire state of Wyoming there are only 2 escalators
E1PYp TIL that Leonardo Da Vinci etched his initials into the Mona Lisa's right eye