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TIL: In Russia, when you are being put on escape watchlist, guards wake you up at night every 2 hours

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0Ep5 TIL in June 2001 the longest train in the world set out across Western Australia. It was over 7 kilometres long and weighed nearly 100,000 tons.
QNvPp TIL the base tan is a myth and doesn't protect you from skin cancer
oRNl8 TIL of the Soka Hoax. A group is given a nonsensical academic paper to judge. All but one in the group are hired to give mostly glowing reviews, persuading the unwitting participant to also give a glow review despite disagreeing. One shill gives a negative review, which everyone also condemns.
nl0b TIL: There’s a website that loops random movie trailers for when you can’t decide what to watch.
YpEMP TIL in the Pliocene, 3 million years ago, the world was about 2C warmer than now, and sea levels were somewhere between 10M and 40M higher than now. 2C is also the rise we hope to keep below by 2100.