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TIL the 2024 Summer Olympics will include a breakdancing competition.

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j6R1M TIL Shanghai Maglev train has a maximum cruising speed of 431 km/h (268 mph), making it the fastest train service in commercial operation. It takes about 4 minutes to reach max speed.
8awPV TIL: Metallica wanted the government to criminally charge anyone who downloaded their music via Napster and have them pay a $100,000 fine/ per song.
ne0oW TIL New Mexico license plates are the only ones with USA on them because Americans don’t know it’s part of their country
KOgka TIL about Richard Handl, a Swedish man arrested for trying to split atoms of uranium on his kitchen stove. On July 22nd, 2011, he was detained by police after he personally called the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) to inquire whether his project was legal or not.
86Nb TIL that the vibrator was invented for doctors who suffered from fatigued wrists and hands after giving female patients orgasms in order to treat hysteria