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TIL if absolutely anything happens on a RR crossing, there's a box with a phone number to call to shut down the area

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Qymp TIL that at Appalachian law school there was a shooting that took place in 2002 where the gunman was cornered by two students who had guns at the time.
WkopL TIL that Domhnall Gleeson, who played Bill Weasley in the Harry Potter movies, is the son of Brendan Gleeson, who played Mad-Eye Moody.
rvy1 TIL: There have been 4x more people who have been to the moon than have been in the bottom of Marianas Trench
dDM5K TIL The Nazis had a unit of 6,000 Indians POWs who joined the ranks of the Hitlers army
W7rxY TIL Indo-Mediterranean trade relations have existed since at least ~2000 BCE based on the presence of turmeric, banana, sesame, monkeys & peacocks all originating from India. According to some scholars, the connection between Israel and India was recorded during the reign of King Solomon.