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TIL the Nokia 9000 Communicator was the first mobile phone with dial-up internet

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K5GG [TIL] that after WW2, France sent 49 (one for each state) special boxcars filled with gifts to the US, thanking the nation and her people for their help in World War Two. The train was called the “Merci Train.”
REww TIL Not long before Elvis Presley’s death, a group of Scientologists once tried to recruit Elvis. After the meeting, Elvis fumed: “The hell with those people. There’s no way I’ll ever get involved with that s.o.b. group. All they want is my money.”
1aY0X TIL of China's Old Summer Palace, a complex of palaces 8x the size of the Vatican. Deemed the pinnacle of Chinese gardens, it also contains exquisite artworks and many historical treasures. In 1860, the British sacked and looted the Palace for 3 days, turning it into its current state of ruination.
94Op TIL When reporters asked astronaut Alan Shepard what he thought about as he sat atop the Redstone rocket, waiting for liftoff, he replied: “The fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder”
Zpp94 TIL that Liechtenstein granted women the right to vote in national elections in 1984 through a male only referendum which passed with 51% of voters in favor and 49% opposed.