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TIL Switzerland is the only country in the world which could fit 114% of its population into bunkers in case of an emergency

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KYdR TIL Benjamin Franklin intentionally faked the death of rival publisher, Titan Leeds. (Franklin maintained that the still-alive Leeds was an impostor.)
gMZXL TIL that Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture is considered the first "diss track", as well as being the first recorded use of firearms in a piece of music. These both stem from the cannons at the song's climax, which were representative of the Napoleonic Army's own cannons being turned against them.
LkKLQ TIL that “Budweiser” was originally the German name for beer brewed in the Czech town of České Budějovice (German: Budweis). Anheuser-Busch stole the name for its American brew, and the breweries have been in trademark battles ever since. If you order a Budweiser in the EU, you get the Czech brew.
oB0YK TIL Agatha Christie kept a copy of the ABC railway guide beside her telephone and that's where she got the idea for "The ABC Murders".