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TIL there are Train Ferries, designed to carry railway vehicles. Some allow the trains to roll on and off directly.

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9YwLX TIL in the 1800s the dictator of Paraguay made it illegal for whites to marry other whites, creating a country where almost everyone was part Spanish, part native Guarani.
PYxpe TIL that Rabies causes hydrophobia because the virus multiplies and assimilates in the salivary glands of the infected animal for the purpose of further transmission through biting. Its transmission abilities would decrease if the infected individual could swallow saliva and water.
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