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TIL America has a ‘green street’ which is paved with 'smog-eating cement’

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6EoQX TIL Baroque composers Handel and Bach were born 26 days apart and lived 70 miles away from each other but had never met
rOad TIL people believed that sufferers of Williams Syndrome, who have charming & extraordinarily kind personalities, had extraordinary, even magical powers. The word ‘elfin’ was used to describe their facial features. This is believed to be the origin of elves, fairies & 'wee folk’ in English folklore.
0dEx5 TIL Zerão stadium’s center line is aligned with the equator according to Brazil’s geodetic system, splitting teams into different hemispheres. However, under the WGS84 system, the equator runs through the stands, placing the entire field in the northern hemisphere.
dD9MB TIL John Quincy Adams was nearly a casualty of the first fatal train accident in US history. The car in which he rode would have overturned had the car behind it not done so first. Of the 24 passengers in the overturned car, 2 died & 21 were injured, including Cornelius Vanderbilt (broken leg).
1jYd TIL The USA dropped 26,171 bombs in 2016. Thats about 3 bombs every hour for 24 hours a day…