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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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jN0BE TIL that Betty White holds the Guinness World Record for longest TV career by an entertainer, with credits spanning 80 years (1939 to 2019)
n8pP TIL Tetris was originally created as a simple game to test the capabilities of new Soviet hardware. This is the original version.
p8poA TIL that all the dogs who played Lassie were male and were all descended from the initial Lassie, a collie named Pal
WgJL TIL an inmate on death row requested for his last meal that a large vegetarian pizza be given to a homeless person. The prison officials denied his request although homeless shelters received massive numbers of vegetarian pizzas from strangers.
wLlEJ TIL in 1989 a plane flying over the Pacific Ocean experienced a malfunction, causing several rows of seats to be blown out of the plane, and the pilots were still able to make a successful landing.