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TIL that Siemens manufactured 69 trains powered by Cummins engines.

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P1LDO TIL that when on shore leave in Singapore, members of the Royal Australian Navy used to get atop a public toilet building in Bugis and perform “The Dance of the Flaming Arseholes”
wLdw7 TIL when a secretary told Steve Jobs she was late for work because her car wouldn't start, Jobs bought her a new Jaguar that same day, saying: "Here, don't be late anymore."
ne0OW TIL: In the movie "The Poseidon Adventure", the Theme Song "The Morning After" was sung by Renee Armand and lip-synced by actress Carol Lynley. Maureen McGovern recorded the better known 'after-film' hit.
da79 TIL in 1947, a British South American Airways flight was flying normally over the Andes Mnts., 4 minutes from landing, but then it sent a morse code message ‘STENDEC’ three consecutive times, then vanished, the wreckage not to be found for 50 years. To this day, what 'STENDEC’ meant is a mystery.
G6p7 TIL Rapper Tupac’s last known words were “fuck you” spoken to police officers trying to gather information on his shooter