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TIL there’s a 170-meter-long trampoline path that cuts through a Russian forest.

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4pxb TIL that there is video footage, colorized, of the Buddhist monk lighting himself on fire on June 11, 1963
R7EKj TIL that up until the mid twentieth century in China, coins produced during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127CE) were unofficially used as currency.
ObNX TIL that the NES, SNES, N64, and GameCube were all released for the same list price in North America: $199
v1XJK TIL RPG doesn’t actually stand for rocket-propelled grenade instead it actually stands for “Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomyot” which translates to “Hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher”
EZPd TIL that Charlie Sheen took steroids in preparation for his role as Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn in Major League.