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TIL that There are only two sets of escalators in the entire state of Wyoming. Both of them are located in banks in the city of Casper.

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nepBY TIL that the Australian government owns all Koalas like how China owns all pandas.
vPBWK TIL as a teenager, noted skeptic James Randi found a pastor who claimed he could read minds. After performing the same cold-reading trick on the parishioners, the pastor's wife called police who then jailed him.
7KZr TIL that actor Chuck Connors (“Old Yeller,” “Soylent Green,” “The Rifleman”) once played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, and was also the first NBA player to shatter a backboard — in 1946
XlLP TIL busses have a silent alarm so drivers can discretely display a “help, call 911” message outside instead of the destination.
mX4v TIL emperor Elagabalus was married as many as five times, lavished favors on male courtiers popularly thought to have been his lovers, employed a prototype of whoopee cushions at dinner parties, and was reported to have prostituted himself in the imperial palace.