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TIL a railroad tunnel in the Canadian Rockies is so straight that one can see daylight from the other end over 5 miles away

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4X15J TIL Rudyard Kipling (perhaps best known for penning Rikki Tikki Tavi) was a staunch nationalist and pro-war advocate. However, his son disappeared in Belgium during WW1 and Rudyard’s wife never forgave him for pushing his child to enlist in the British army.
yVXZX TIL The Hotel Arbez was intentionally built by a businessman in 1863, in a race against time during a border dispute. Spanning France and Switzerland, it enabled smuggling as people and goods crossed freely inside.
X0nMP TIL that lichens cover about 7% of the Earth's surface; about the same size as the Indian Ocean
oRpx7 TIL: Baby hippos such as Moo Deng, as well as elephants, pandas, and koalas eat their mom's feces. Eating the poop gives their digestive systems the bacteria they need to digest the vegetation which forms an essential part of their diet.
Wkvld TIL that the anus has thirty-five or thirty-seven little creases which are as unique as fingerprints. Thx for investigate to Salvador Dali.