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TIL in Germany there is a flooded mine in which you can go scuba-diving.

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kXdE TIL in 2003, a korean taxi driver who was displeased with his medical treatment after a paralyzing stroke, boarded a subway train, carrying flammable liquid, and set himself on fire. Train insulation and interior were very flammable; fire spread, killing 192.
gXgb TIL That people from the Upper Peninsula (Michigan) call people from the Lower Peninsula Trolls because they live beneath the bridge.
olk8 TIL of the 1850’s Raising of Chicago. Buildings and whole streets were raised nearly 2 meters with screw jacks to allow the installation of a sewage system.
vDyK TIL that 89% of NYC crime is nonwhite
jDAE TIL that Jim Fixx, the man credited with starting the fitness revolution and demonstrating the health benefits of jogging, died of a heart attack while jogging.