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TIL there's a bridge in Australia called Montague Street Bridge that's 3-metre high and has 26 warning signs, yet trucks keep hitting it a lot to the point that it becomes famous because of it.

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PYZdg TIL that after an intense 8 artillery week barrage, British troops on the first day of the Battle of the Somme were so sure of their victory that 4 platoons had a competition to see who could kick a soccer ball into the German trenches first. Nearly 20,000 British men were killed that day
P1New TIL Chinese's attempt to eradicate sparrow in 1958 lead to estimated 15 to 55 million human death the following year
OGPK1 TIL that Jennifer Lee was Disney's first-ever female director of a major film - with Frozen in 2013
QNnNd TIL the first astronaut suits were designed by Playtex. The bra and tampon company.
ZAJD TIL that the Beijing subways are allowing travelers to use plastic bottles as form of payment to encourage recycling.