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TIL that 30 million live in caves in China

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R7XQ9 TIL the average freight train is about 1 to 1¼ miles in length (90 to 120 rail cars). When it's moving at 55 miles an hour, it can take a mile or more to stop after the locomotive engineer fully applies the emergency brake.
0dNjA TIL chef Anthony Bourdain’s first novel was released in 1995 - a mystery novel entitled, “Bone In The Throat,” about smack-addicted, mob-involved chefs.
R7vG7 TIL That after the "I Have A Dream" speech, the FBI anonymously wrote a letter to MLK JR. demanding that he kill himself
VmxG TIL in order to save 140 tonnes of carbon annually in reduced transportation, British supermarket Sainsbury’s shrunk the inner cardboard tube of all their toilet rolls by 11mm.
Gd1 TIL that two DJs prank called Fidel Castro and got Castro to call them faggots