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TIL that a Steam Engine Train brought down a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 during WWII

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VBGKp TIL A notorious grouch who detested the growing influence of the greeks in roman culture and society, Cato the Elder also believed all greek doctors to be part of a grand conspiracy to eradicate all romans through defective medicine and deliberate malpractice
nWXkd TIL about the Orgone Accumulator, a 1950s device claiming to attract massless, omnipresent substance healing energy. When the FDA was investigating the device, they noted that one purchaser, a college professor, knew it was "phony" but found it "helpful because his wife sat quietly in it for 4 hrs"
GYK7E TIL that soap is not meant to kill bacteria and viruses, just wash them down the drain.
d8lxE Today I learned that the dinosaur ancestor of chickens is literally called the "Wonderchicken".
D1Vkg TIL when the NHL rejected a bid by one vote to merge with the WHA, there was a massive boycott of Molson products in Canada. Molson owned the Montreal Canadiens, who didn't want the Quebec Nordiques in the NHL. The boycott prompted Montreal to change its vote to yes, and the leagues merged in 1979.