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TIL China shut down their last steam locomotive freight lines in 2022, leaving North Korea and Bosnia the only countries with Steam Trains in non-heritage service

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7pEb TIL that the doctor that claimed a link between vaccines and autism made up data
X0Z4j TIL: In order to perform a Ushi no toki Mairi curse, the practitioner wears white and tall clogs, dons an iron crown with 3 candles, suspends a mirror from their chest, then nails an effigy of her target to a tree between 1-3am. In Japanese law it is a textbook example of "impossibility defense".
lvYK TIL the lowest grossing movie ever was called “Zyzzyx Road” and only earned a $30 gross. The movie’s budget was $2,000,000.
9VZr TIL a video game based off the TV show ‘The Office" was made. It wasn’t a big success (gameplay video in comments).
9wYb6 TIL Smoke following people around a fire is due to hot air rising from the fire and drawing cold air towards it. A person would block cold air from flowing in that particular location, causing the hot air, along with the smoke, to seemingly follow the person.