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TIL many trains in the UK still dump their shit directly on the tracks.

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exgJ TIL Froot Loops are actually all the same flavor, just different colors.
graL4 TIL Boeing built an entire fake town on top of their Seattle area factory during WW2
epyD4 TIL Redwood trees have no taproots. Their roots grow only 10 to 13 feet vertically, and then spread horizontally for 60 to 80 feet, intertwining with the roots of other redwoods in a grove for stability.
6EEm TIL the oldest obsidian bracelet, found in Turkey, is dated to c. 7500 BCE. The symmetry of the central annular ridge is extremely precise, to the nearest degree and nearest hundred micrometers, forcing researchers to rethink the manufacturing skills of “hunter/gatherers”.
vby8 TIL that Jerry Seinfeld’s annual earning from Seinfeld in 2004 was $267 million. Between June 2008 & June 2009, Seinfeld earned $85 million AND as of May 2014, his estimated net worth is $820 million.