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TIL that most “brick” crosswalks are merely stamped, colored asphalt

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EgWlW TIL China controls the companies that between them provide all the electricity to Lima, which is home to a third of the country’s population
rRxD0 TIL that the raccoon life expectancy in the wild is only 1.8 to 3.1 years, depending on the local conditions such as traffic volume, hunting, and weather severity. Captive raccoons have been known to live for more than 20 years.
mx5ro TIL in 2014 only 7 humans were killed by sharks while at least 63,000,000 sharks were killed by humans
kQBW TIL there is a part of Route 66 in New Mexico where the grooves in the road play “America the Beautiful” as you drive over it.
kOeG4 TIL that violinist Joshua Bell, sat at a metro station in Washington DC and played a violin worth 3.5 million dollars. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes, and collected $32 from people passing by.