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TIL: The USA’s only high-speed rail by international standards is Acela, which reached 160 mph in August 2025 with new trains but only for 40 miles (9%) of its 457-mile route. However, the New York Times and Al Jazeera don’t consider the USA to have any high-speed rail.

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TIL: The USA’s only high-speed rail by international standards is Acela, which reached 160 mph in August 2025 with new trains but only for 40 miles (9%) of its 457-mile route. However, the New York Times and Al Jazeera don’t consider the USA to have any high-speed rail.

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TIL that when Nevada was in the process of becoming a U.S state, Governor James W. Nye became frustrated that previous attempts to send a copy of the state’s constitution over land and sea had failed, and so decided to send a copy via telegraph at a cost of $4,303.27; equivalent to $86,514.04 today.

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TIL “Life expectancy” isn’t adjusted for infant mortality. It’s simply an average # of years a human is expected to live from birth. Nowhere, at no time, were adults just dropping dead at 35 or 45 years old, not even in hunter/gatherer societies. Childhood deaths skewed the figures.

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