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TIL that in 1914, thousands of allied troops were transported from Paris to the Battle of the Marne in local taxis.

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Wny9 TIL the crack in the Liberty Bell is from a repair job. In 1846, metal workers widened the thin crack to prevent it from spreading further and to restore the tone of the bell by using a technique called “stop drilling”. But the repair job produced a second crack that silenced the bell forever.
wo8aM TIL: Garbage trucks in Taiwan use Für Elise to let people know that the garbage pickup is happening, in kind of the same way ice cream trucks use tunes in the U.S. to get people to line up for frozen dessert.
JYvQB TIL that the Australian serial killer, Eric Cooke, was captured by police after he hid a murder weapon in a nearby bush. Police found the weapon and returned it to the same bush tied to fishing line. Police then constructed a hide and waited 17 days until Cooke retrieved the rifle.
WnrA TIL if a potato is exposed to light while growing, it will turn green and become poisonous
rNEZW TIL the mouthwash Listerine was originally a surgical antiseptic and was named for surgeon, scientist, and pioneer of antiseptic surgery, Joseph Lister