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TIL: Mavis Beacon is not a real person

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DQnKP TIL: Uzbekistan is one of the few countries with a high speed rail system. It's bullet trains can reach 250km/(160mph) along 600km of rail
xJZ1 TIL when asked what happened to Carol Brady’s first husband, Florence Henderson would say “I killed him.”
wo0v7 TIL it is believed 2,000 black people were killed in concentration camps during World War II.
45lR TIL There are only roughly 23,000 African lions left. There were roughly 300,000 in 1998
bab4 TIL that in 2006, the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia launched a $1.2 million program to retrain prostitutes as nursing-home caregivers. A supporter explained they had “good people skills, aren’t easily disgusted, and have zero fear of physical contact.”