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TIL that diesel trains are moved forward using electrical motors, the diesel engine is only used as a source to create electricity through a generator

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pYAn4 TIL It’s likely that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt never had polio. Studies have suggested that Guillain–Barré syndrome caused his paralysis, and it was misdiagnosed as polio.
6EmAW TIL about the Pochonbo Electronic Ensamble, a North Korean orchestra that performs folk and revolutionary (DPRK propaganda) music
mp9y TIL that AOL had volunteer mods that filed a class action lawsuit against AOL, claiming that AOL volunteers performed work equivalent to employees and thus should be compensated according to the Fair Labor Standards Act.
oB1Ao TIL that there was a blind bisexual goose who fell in love with two swans and helped raise 60+ of their babies
e0OP5 TIL: John Lovitz has had a long running feud with Andy Dick over Phil Hartmans death