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wLv66 TIL: Albuquerque held a funeral for Walter White to celebrate the series finale of Breaking Bad
j6j0N TIL that the majority of the missing kids featured in Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train” video on MTV were located thanks to the video, which was then updated with photos of new missing children as the original ones were found.
epDLk TIL To protect historical Steveston Village from flooding on Canada's Westcoast, there is a plan to build a $170 million dyke in the Fraser River and around an island. Because it is a working harbour, a 50m seagate would be required in the middle of the dyke
6A08 TIL Titanic’s fourth funnel was fake, added to make the ship look more powerful (and symmetrical). A bit like putting a dummy exhaust on a car.
Oo5Xe TIL Pringles had to use supercomputers to engineer their chips with optimal aerodynamic properties so that they wouldn't fly off the conveyor belts when moving at very high speeds.