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TIL Iceberg Wranglers are a real thing. They utilize boats and ropes to move smaller icebergs out of shipping lanes, to help prevent collisions in places where icebergs often float freely.

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jNb6j TIL Barysaw, Belarus, is divided by the river into old and new parts connected by two bridges. As usual for this region, families live mostly in flats in large, modern apartment buildings, but there are some single-family homes on the outskirts, some of which do not yet have indoor plumbing
yQMkl TIL there is a hybrid of a cow and a bison and they are called 'Beefalo'.
78e7x TIL, Japan is working on a train type of system for future travel to Moon and Mars. The project is also to enable people to live there in the future.
GYon5 TIL Grammy award winning Cellist Yo-Yo Ma's Cello has the nickname "Petunia", was built in 1733, and that the Cello itself is currently valued at 2.5 million dollars
grMZL TIL that people in the Medieval era shared their bed with the entire family and even the occasional overnight visitor - only the very rich could afford more than one bed and poor people just slept on piles of cloth/hay on the floor.