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TIL that Siemens manufactured 69 trains powered by Cummins engines.

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e0dP4 TIL about syllable stress: When most words are used as a noun the stress is on the first syllable 'RE-cord' and when used as a verb, the stress is on the second syllable 're-CORD'
6EBL8 TIL Pope Urban VII was the shortest serving Pope in history; living only 12 days after his election. In his short reign, he instituted the world’s first known smoking ban, threatening to excommunicate anyone who "took tobacco in the porchway of or inside a church”. He died of Malaria.
XEeE6 TIL the U.S. Army has the most overweight troops out of all the military branches
OKvL TIL of MOVE, a Black Power movement that was involved in several standoffs with police. There was a 1978 incident where an officer was shot and killed, resulting in life sentences for nine members, and a 1985 incident where police bombed their compound, destroying 65 homes and killing eleven people.
9wVgp TIL: that in Germany. People go to more orchestra concerts than football (soccer) games