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TIL In 2010, Traffic jam in china lasted for more than 10 days...

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R5dBj TIL that modern nuclear submarines are so well camouflaged that in 2009, two French and British nuclear ballistic missile submarines collided by chance in the Atlantic Ocean. They were moving so slowly that they couldn't have detected each other just a few feet apart.
v0yB TIL that Chicago skyscrapers have to keep their lights off at night twice a year to keep the 5 million migrating birds from becoming disoriented and dying
9Y0XB TIL: The US recognizes the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan, an international consensus. However, 10 individual US states passed bills "recognizing" the territory's claim to independence, but also 2 US states officially recognize the territory as Azerbaijani territory.
Z8Yeo TIL there are more CEOs named "David" than all female CEOs combined in the US
b99r7 TIL Davy Crockett voted against the Indian Removal Act