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TIL that pistachios are prone to spontaneous combustion and any mass transport requires strict precautions.

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OGaZY TIL: Kodak advertised a wind up movie camera using the image of the Hindenburg, with the tag line being “moments that make history”, a year before the Hindenburg was filmed with one when it was destroyed at Lakehurst, NJ
ANR1w TIL in 1905, the Dawson City Nuggets of the Yukon Territory challenged the Ottawa Senators for the Stanley Cup. The Dawson City hockey players embarked on an arduous 3 week journey (4,000 miles) via dog sled, bicycle, foot, train, and ship. On arrival, they were were roundly defeated (9–2 and 23–2)
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E7Mx TIL that when the Duke of Wellington attended a party in Vienna, some French officers turned away from the conqueror of Napoleon. When a woman apologized for their rudeness, Wellington replied “I have seen their backs before, madam.”
Mv67 TIL Japanese Death Row inmates are not told their date of execution. They wake up each day wondering if it might be their last.