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TIL Chicago sets its rail tracks on fire to prevent icing

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E1xX7 TIL about the Attack of the Dead Men where 100 poisoned Russian soldiers forced the retreat of 7000 German soldiers in WWI
loby1 TIL Unlike with planets - observing deep sky objects does not necessarily require using high magnifications but aperture is more important. Even a 100000$ telescope won't help in a light polluted city
pYZBZ TIL the disappearance of Mt Kilimanjaro's glaciers is driven by solar radiation, since the air around it is rarely above freezing. Most of the retreat occurred before 1953, nearly two decades before any conclusive evidence of atmospheric warming was available.
MenmV TIL PEZ candies were originally peppermint flavored, shaped round and called 'PEZ drops.' The name PEZ comes from the German word for peppermint, “PfeffErminZ” taking the P from the first letter, E from the middle and Z from the last letter to form the word PEZ.
KYjG TIL that driving the Bugatti Veyron at its top speed of 253 mph will drain its 26.4 gallon tank in 19 minutes.