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TIL that the name "Bullet Train" refers specifically to the Japanese Shinkansen system and isn't just a nickname for any highspeed train with a bullet shaped nose

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5VxJ9 TIL That the voice of Reg, the Bouncer of the Salty Spittoon, was voiced by Thomas F. Wilson. Who is known best for his role as Biff Tannen in the Back to the Future film trilogy,
graAb TIL that medical students and suffragettes clashed during the Brown Dog affair in 1900s. A small brown dog was dissected when Swedish women protested as they claim the dog was conscious during the procedure. Then medical and vet students united and let off a stink bomb at an animal activist's talk.
P15AG TIL that the current “land speed record” - the highest speed achieved by a person using a vehicle on land - is 763 mph. It was achieved in 1997 by Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green and has not been beaten since.
YXeW Today I learned that the great composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, claimed to be from the Sirius star system.
pwbA TIL: That in 1933, former President George W. Bush’s Grandfather; Prescott Bush led a group of wealthy industrialists in a campaign to topple the US Gov’t. during the FDR Administration and install a Fascist Dictatorship.