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TIL Wyoming only has 2 sets of escalators

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8eKjb TIL that Amazon and Congo Rivers were part of the same river system before the continents drifted away
Bra6K TIL at the first Olympic marathon, the stopwatch from the start of the race had to be carried by bicycle all the way to the finish line before the first runners arrived.
x6pl5 TIL Warwick Davis is younger than Peter Dinklage
b6Wr7 TIL Handel, known for his oratorios in English and Hallelujah chorus, was never fluent in spoken or written English. Messiah contained many examples of awkward declamation which were later corrected
69j8 TIL that The Learning Channel (TLC) was founded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and NASA; it was distributed at no cost by NASA satellite.