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TIL that the USA had an opportunity to purchase Alaska because of Russia's catastrophic defeat in the Crimean War

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AxVl TIL the movie The 5th Element is not only a French film, but was the highest grossing French film until The Intouchables in 2011
JYRV4 TIL: A Petersburg VA home is built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.
0wEWv Today I learned about a new dog breed which is really amazing ???? now I wanna adopt !!
GYKVN TIL that Houston airport received many complaints about baggage wait times. In response, they moved baggage claim further away so the walk was longer than the wait. The number of complaints dropped.
0wkZ1 TIL the London underground system, once advertised as a cool escape from hot weather, has been slowly heating up due to dissipated heat from trains braking being captured and retained by surrounding clay, a natural insulator.