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TIL The Russian railway network is long enough to circumnavigate the globe more than twice

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WNL8 TIL A Swedish company called ‘Promessa’ now offers an ecological burial. They freeze-dry your body in liquid nitrogen, then pulverize it with high-frequency vibrations, and then put your powdered remains into a cornstarch coffin. It all decomposes within six to twelve months.
Oo5Xe TIL Pringles had to use supercomputers to engineer their chips with optimal aerodynamic properties so that they wouldn't fly off the conveyor belts when moving at very high speeds.
NK68 TIL of the US passenger airline, Baltia Airlines, which in it’s 27 years of existence has never flown a single commercial flight and claims to have been awaiting FAA approval since 1989.
xVL91 TIL that according to a 2010 study from the University of Oxford, big butts result in healthy children because of the high amount of Omega 3 fatty acids (the good fatty acids) stored. These are the same fatty acids that are responsible for the normal development of the baby's brain.
M7LbV TIL that long-term extended space travel can change your DNA.