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TIL that since 2018 Morocco has a high-speed rail line connecting Tangier and Casablanca with a train that travels up to 320 km/h (199 mph).

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OGjA6 TIL about Irdabama, a powerful Ancient Persian (Iranian) businesswoman who, ~2500 years ago, controlled vast estates, traded across the Achaemenid Empire, managing hundreds of workers whilst travelling around Iran and Mesopotamia with her own entourage.
Qo0k TIL: Bill Murray improvised nearly all his lines in the movie ‘KINGPIN’ and bowled the necessary 3 strikes to win the tournament at the end.
KYOPw TIL that a day before Hitler’s suicide, he ordered a cyanide pill be given to his dog Blondi (who died as a result) to test its potency before he used it.
9Yn7r TIL about Luna 15, the failed soviet lunar probe that launched three days before Apollo 11, while Neil Armstrong was taking the first steps on the moon, the soviets were trying to regain control of the probe were ultimately they failed causing luna 15 to promptly crash into a mountain
a8D1o TIL Bowling almost as old as human civilization itself. There are depictions of ancient bowling on Egyptian tombs dating back 5,000 years.