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TIL that Sherpa is not an occupation or job title but rather the name of a Tibetan ethnic group

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dDxjd TIL that the Seine, Rhine, Thames, Elbe, Meuse, Amstel and Sheldt Rivers were all tributaries of a now lost mega river called the Channel River that flowed through the now sunken Doggerland to the Bay of Biscay, eighteen thousand years ago.
awb70 Today I learned that the battle at Castle Itter during WW2 wasn't the only time that Americans and Germans fought alongside each other in battle.
oRmn7 TIL that the very first "crowd wave" at a sports event ocurred spontaneously. At a Colorado Rockies NHL ice hockey game in 1980, a section of the crowd rose to their feet slightly later than the section beside them. This continued around the area to complete a "wave", without having been prompted.
7L8x TIL Numbuh 1 of the Kids Next Door is loosely based on Jean-Luc Picard. They are both naturally bald, red shirt wearing englishman leaders who never have good experiences handling women. For Halloween Numbuh 1 even dressed as a member of the Borg.
E1OLW TIL a legal loophole in the UK allows alcohol to be sold without a license on a train in motion. An unlicensed distillery exploited this by setting up in a disused railway building, obtaining a steam train, and selling gin to customers while they road it back and forth from the distillery.