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TIL the engineer of the Kalka-Shimla Railway in India killed himself after miscalculation of where two halves of a tunnel would meet

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xVWN0 TIL - Paul Stamets the character on Star Trek Discovery that helps transport the ship anywhere in the universe by accessing the “mycelium network” is a homage to the real life mycologist of the same name.
vPW7 TIL That 2010 is the first year since 1974 that Christopher Walken was in no movies.
RDL4 TIL that Tommy Wiseau’s “The Room” had a $6,000,000 budget but only made $1900
KYmyB TIL that the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora was the most powerful eruption in human history, 4 to 10 times more powerful than the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa.
NXVOE TIL Red Kangaroos are the Animal that Grows the Most Over Its Lifespan