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TIL that the infinity sign is also called the “lemniscate”

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4keYX TIL that LaMarcus Thompson, the father of the American roller coaster, invented the first coasters on Coney Island because he thought the world was too sinful and needed more moral entertainment
KOkDa TIL Boulevards of the Marshals: a collection of thoroughfares that encircle the city of Paris, each named after a marshal in Napoleon army.
OGkN6 TIL the first movie about the sinking of the Titanic premiered only 31 days after she sank, and was written by an actress who survived the sinking, who also starred in it. She later had a nervous breakdown and never acted again.
N74gQ TIL that US forces bombarded North Korea so thoroughly during the Korean War that by the end of the war crews had to jettison their payload at sea because they had run out of things to bomb.
GYPJg TIL Luftwaffe pilot Paul Ratz was flying his fw190 fighter near St. Petersburg during ww2 and was shot down. His plane was found years later in a forest and has been restored to flying order since.