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TIL that Disney World has not one, but TWO abandoned parks

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pY7RZ TIL that railway tracks and tunnels undergo mandatory nightly checks in Tokyo
d0jQ TIL When a frog swallows its prey, it blinks, which pushes its eyeballs down on top of the mouth to help push the food down its throat.
Ambw TIL India was attacked on 7/11. Bombs were set off on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, 209 people were killed and over 700 were injured.
M7YrK TIL, with a running start, Usain Bolt ran a 100m in 8.70 seconds in 2009
0w1g1 TIL there's a river basin in Venezuela that gets struck by lightening over 200 times per hour for up to 10 hrs straight. It occurs more than 100 times a year and is predictable up to a few months in advanced.