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

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6EZdY TIL that up until 1994 in the UK, it was illegal for shops to open on a Sunday
OGlN6 TIL that Belgium's most notorious unsolved crime spree, the Brabant Killers, remains shrouded in mystery, with speculation of state involvement and a 40-year investigation closing only in 2024.
R7MW9 TIL that Aladdin, one of the most iconic characters from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, was Chinese
P1xQE TIL Checkless Chess is a variant of chess where check is illegal unless it is checkmate
ep4Eb TIL Rotationplasty is a surgical procedure where, in case of bone tumor, they remove a child's lower leg, rotate it 180 degree and attach it to a thigh bone in a way that makes an ankle joint serve as a "new knee". It looks like having one leg shorter and rotated back.