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TIL that there is an underground mountain biking trail inside of an old mine in Slovenia.

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OolW1 TIL Not one year has gone by since 1983 without brand new commercial software written for the NES. (skip to 34:15 for a summary of how)
wlEY TIL Charles Darwin suggested that the appendix may have been used for digesting leaves but, over the course of evolution, has degraded into nothing. This theory is supported by koala and horse appendixes which do just that.
pdx4 TIL that Al-Qaeda has a 5-phase strategy, culminating in the collapse of the US economy due to military overextension. 4 phases are complete.
loLar TIL the movie Shrek is based on the 1990 children’s books Shrek! by William Steig. Steig also provided the illustrations for the book.
78laX TIL the 2005 NASA Authorization Act established the ISS National Lab on the US segment of the International Space Station. This act opened up the station for academic, private and government access to many of the space stations research facilities.