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TIL passenger train car windows are subjected to ballistic testing involving a .22 fired at the window pannels

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BgNvd TIL the city of Vernon in the LA area is exclusively industrial and its only residents are the city administration and its employees.
lbEB TIL that in the late 1980s, young punk rockers in Cuba, known as “los frikis,” chose to inject themselves with the AIDS virus so they could live in a sanitarium and be free from constant police-state harassment. And today, two survivors still live in the now-abandoned facility.
ZpmoG TIL that Julián Álvarez at 23 years of age, won the Treble (three major trophies in a single season) & the World Cup in the same season, making him the first football player in history to do so.
lYZ7 TIL that the DeLorean Motor Company, under new management, plans to release a new, electric DMC.
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