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TIL popular German metal band Rammstein are named after the Ramstein airshow disaster.

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6d0X TIL There was a rugby player famous for slipping his thumb into peoples bumholes
R5a77 TIL of the WWII Kaimingjie Germ Weapon Attack, a Japanese biological warfare germ strike attack on Chinese cities using fleas infected with cholera and the bubonic plague
D5or TIL George Street in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada has the most bars and pubs per square foot of any street in North America.
e0MBg TIL During the past two years, at least five bills relating to the country’s shark fin trade have been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. All five died before becoming laws, leaving the fate of sharks in the U.S. uncertain.
DQVeD Today I learned that Ludwig IV (*1286-† 1347) was crowned Emperor by the Roman people in 1328 at St. Peter’s Basilica, bypassing the Pope’s authority after being excommunicated, to assert his independence and secure his legitimacy.