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TIL the color of Sun is white when viewed in outer space, outside our atmosphere

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XylX TIL if you own your own rail car, Amtrak will let you attach it to one of their trains and go along for the ride…
epnLD TIL about windcatchers - towers to catch winds for natural ventilation of buildings without electricity. Windcatchers were an important architectural element in Persia and a solution for cooling. The warm air was cooled by the soil and water in the channel and released into the interior.
oB5JE TIL Sushi pizza originates from Canada. Th dish was invented by Kaoru Ohsada while working at Nami Japanese Seafood Restaurant chef in Toronto. It uses a fried rice patty as the base and a variety of toppings drizzled with mayonnaise and wasabi powder. The dish is often served in wedges.
R5aX8 TIL that in 1985, a woman named Dawn Smith worked with the FBI to draw out a serial killer who had murdered her sister Shari, talking to him by phone multiple times, even after he said God told him to kill her too. The following year, Dawn was 1st runner up in the Miss America pageant.
Oo4V7 TIL the pages of Finland's passport make a flipbook of a moose walking