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TIL the 2011 Japanese tsunami brought living Japanese wildlife to Canada and the US

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mx8PE TIL that America already had a transcontinental highway by 1913, The Lincoln Highway, that ran from Times Square to Lincoln Park in San Francisco
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Obge TIL that unlike Newton’s formulation that states gravity is instantaneous, it actually travels at the speed of light. If the sun were to instantly disappear, we would continue revolve around it for eight minutes.
j6na TIL that there is an American Ultimate Disc League, and it’s apparently gaining steam.
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