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TIL that the newest steam locomotive was built and pressed into regular service in August 2021.

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LkQaP TIL when Albert Einstein asked IM Edward Lasker why he wasted his intelligence on "such trivial and unimportant topics" like chess and GO, he replied "We are born and we die, and in between these two events of a lifetime, there is a lot of time that must be wasted."
LLnv TIL In German there is a word for when cables under the desk tangle and create a mess: Kabelsalat (Cable Salad)
LkYMZ TIL a Finnish man was fined over 50,000 euros for speeding (64 mph in a 50 mph zone) because Finland calculates certain serious speeding infractions according to one's income. This "Day Fine" system dates back over a hundred years and is in place in other Scandinavian countries.
VMvPm TIL mummies were so plentiful in Egypt in the 1800’s, they were used as fuel for locomotives.
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