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

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oBPvR TIL that in post-Soviet Russia, feral dogs have learned to commute on the subway to broaden their food scavenging range - including getting to know which stops they are looking for based on the announcements over the PA.
X0JkD TIL a man was so angry that teenagers pranked him by ringing his doorbell and leaving that he rammed their car with his causing them to hit a tree at high speed, killing three of him; he was sentenced to life in prison
kJJ65 TIL that getting goosebumps triggers new hair growth. They cause hair to rise in the short term and trigger more hair growth in the long term.
PYrNO TIL about "The Lost Chord," a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1877 at the bedside of his dying brother. It was recorded onto Edison's phonograph in 1888, one of the first recordings of music ever made. The piece has endured as one of Sullivan's best-known songs as is still performed today.
VBWG TIL That there is a push to allow all of the old analog TV signals to be used as WiFi.