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TIL They use helicopters to inspect high transmission power lines

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R7x7Q TIL that despite that the Canadian tv channel that it airs on (Family TV) being owned by the media company that produced the show (DHX Media) the remainder of the Canadian teen series Backstage has not aired on it and the latest new episode was shown on April 20, 2019. Reruns are still airing there.
awvJM TIL Gladiators didn't normally fight to the death, as they were too expensive to prepare and maintain, making it to risky of a business to sustain. For there to be a fight to the death, a sponsor would have to pay extra and also compensate the lanista for the lost gladiator.
yK9v TIL The average life span of a great nation is 250 years and the similarities between them are amazingly similar despite geographical and technological differences and this pattern has been consistent for over 3,000 years
wL6gJ TIL that South America was once inhabited by giant sloths (Megatherium). It weighed up to 4 tonnes (similar to a present day elephant) and on its hind legs it would have stood 3.5m (12ft), which make it the largest bipedal mammal of all time. It lived from ca 400'000 ago until ca 8'000 ago.
QlXk TIL: Unclaimed dead in NYC are buried in a mass grave on an island run by the Dept. of Corrections and staffed by convicts; Over 50,000 bodies are buried there and the press isn’t allowed to enter.