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TIL Hiroshima’s streetcar network was reopened three days after the atomic bombing of the city

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awN7b TIL that in 1963, JFK sent a letter to congress in which he recommends the U.S participation in a campaign to preserve ancient monuments in the Nile Valley. The U.S contributed with $16m while the estimated cost for the campaign was $100m. Sadly JFK couldn't see the progress since he was assassined.
VBJK0 TIL that Fatboy Slim’s 1998 hit “The Rockafeller Skank” samples at least nine other songs. 100% of the song’s royalties are split evenly between four of the sampled artists.
mxMNv TIL that beluga whales can mimic human speech, and have caused divers to inadvertently surface due to them mimicing commands to surface
oeRL TIL that there is a term for a family with no children, DINK, Dual Income No Kids. In the show Fairly Odd Parents, the Turner’s are often jealous of their rich, childless neighbours, the Dinklebergs.
nZDd TIL that apple orchards rent thousands of bees in hives from bee keepers to pollinate their trees in the spring. After a couple weeks when the trees have been pollinated the bee keeper comes back for his hives and transports them to the next orchard in need.