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TIL that there are 16 references to Dragons in the bible.
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TIL that there is no freight rail crossing of the Hudson River south of Albany, so any train travelling south from NYC must take a 280-mile detour or float across on barges
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TIL that 80% of black smokers smoke menthols
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TIL Japan has a sociological phenomena known as “Hikikomori”, in which there’s an estimated 1 million Japanese who choose to completely isolate themselves from society by rarely or never leaving their homes.
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TIL Irrational numbers are called irrational because they aren’t ratio-nal (they can’t be described as a ratio or fraction)
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TIL 'Carmilla' by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu is thought to be the earliest work of vampire fiction written originally in 1871 and pre-dates the more well-known 'Dracula' by 26 years