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TIL the West Shore Line railroad tracks go under a large portion of the US Military Academy at West Point, NY

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mLPo TIL that MIT students must pass a swim test to graduate. The director of phys ed said swimming is “…a self-survival skill. Research shows that most drownings occur in families where parents don’t know how to swim.”
KYAWG TIL that Taylor Lautner's wife is also named Taylor Lautner
9w4wM Today I learned about the nutty putty cave incident's horror, where a 26 year old father went for an explore and took a wrong turn. After the wrong turn John Jones headed to a dead end and stuck upside down.
Gg9G TIL that the United States is only one of nine countries that guarantees the right to bear arms. The others are Armenia, Columbia, Guatemala, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Switzerland, and Yemen.
9Y71m TIL eating Oreos may cause your poop to turn black. Due mostly to the artificial food coloring and chemicals in packaged cookies.