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TIL Bach wrote the Brandenburg Concertos in 1721 as part of a job application to the Margrave, which he never received a reply. The concertos were unpublished until 1850 and almost lost again during WWII

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nen7B TIL Railway employees in Japan use a system called “Pointing and Calling” to reduce mistakes. This involves pointing at a sign or signal and calling out the status. Though it may look silly, making these gestures and saying the status maintains focus and attention, greatly reducing workplace errors.
yQ7Yl TIL that some Klan members in Indiana were convinced that the Pope would be on a northbound train. More than a thousand people gathered as it arrived. The only person who got off was a corset salesman. They grilled him for half an hour before they were convinced that he wasn’t the Pope in disguise.
Bnkx TIL there is a mountain in Australia named Mt. Disappointment, named as the explorers found the view from it sub par and wanted to reflect that.
0w64M TIL on January 8th 1297, Francois Grimaldi, a genoan dressed as a Franciscan friar, captured the castle of Monaco by ruse. His descendants still rule Monaco today.
vx5x TIL that Nazi Germany stockpiled huge quantities of nerve gas during World War II. It was ultimately never used, since Hitler was told (incorrectly) that the Allies had their own supply of nerve agents.