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

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PYRO TIL Indian Companies are now outsourcing jobs back to America
P17PV TIL The word "man" was originally gender-neutral, hence "one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind". In Old English "wæpman" = male, "wifman" = female, "man" = gender-neutral
xVLrb TIL about Pedro Rodrigues Filho, the killer who only targetted at criminals and those had wronged him. He was sentenced 126 years imprisonment, but since he kept killing criminals during his time in prison, his sentences was raised to 400 years.
R7NbQ TIL that the myth of the changeling - of faeries replacing a stolen human child with their own - could have been born as an explanation of autistic children. Many traits associated with faeries, such as obsessive counting, are also known in the autism spectrum.
OG7w7 TIL some tropical species of cone snails have a "harpoon" sting which can be fatal, and has killed at least 27 people. One species is nicknamed the "cigarette snail" as the victim will have only enough time to smoke a cigarette before dying