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TIL that Norfolk Southern (rail freight company) partnered with other organizations to build and operate an entirely battery powered freight locomotive back in 2007

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VBl0G TIL that, following the 1955 Le Mans disaster, several countries banned motorsports completely. Switzerland's ban lasted until 2022
4eNN Louis Louis Réard a.k.a the inventor of the modern bikini declared that it wasn’t a real bikini unless it could be “pulled through a wedding ring” and after its modern debut was banned in Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Australia, and declared a sin by the Vatican.
kJ1LB TIL that the "all persons are fictitious" disclaimer on most Hollywood movies is a response to a 1933 lawsuit over a film about the 1916 assassination of Rasputin. The wife of one of the people involved with the plot successfully sued MGM for invasion of privacy and libel.
vPXkj TIL the Golden Rule, do unto others as you would have them do unto you, dates back to an Ancient Egyptian poem written between 2040–1650 BCE.
loXW1 TIL Germany finally finished paying off debts from reparations required in the post-WWI Treaty of Versailles in 2010 - 92 years after the end of the war.