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TIL that German and Japanese trains are so punctual, they offer “Delay Certificates” so that you can prove you’re late because of train delays.

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5BXP TIL that in 2013 Metallica became the first band to play on all seven continents after performing for a group of scientists in Antartica in a show dubbed “Freeze ‘Em All”
wLQb6 TIL of Manto Mavrogenous who was a rich, aristocratic woman from Mykonos, Greece. She equipped, manned, & privateered fleets and armies at her own expense to fight the Ottoman Turks in 1822. When the war was over, she was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General by Greece.
J8mB TIL The word “silhouette” derives from Étienne de Silhouette, French finance minister, whom imposed severe economic demands upon the French. Prior to the advent of photography, profiles cut from black card were the cheapest way of recording a person’s appearance. Therefore, the connection.
QJgxe TIL in an interview printed in the New York Times in 1969, Vladimir Nabokov said, "I often think there should exist a special typographical sign for a smile -- some sort of concave mark, a supine round bracket."
VMVMG TIL Hitler loved Irish music and invited an Irish musician to play for him in Berlin in 1936. However there was no room for the musician to sit, so Hitler ordered an S.S member on his hands and knees to act as a chair so the Irishman could perform his music.