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TIL: Otto Von Bismarck said in 1888 “One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.“ 26 years later in 1914 World War 1 broke out after Franz Ferdinand was killed in Sarajevo

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9Ybx7 TIL learned that James Barry, a military surgeon, was actually born as a woman and pretended to be a man throughout her life. In hindsight, she was UKs first female doctor.
Me9JV TIL about "the miracle" Olympic Airways Flight 411, when the aircraft lost an engine and critical engine power, but the pilot was able to successfully land it. All following Boeing simulations show that the plane should have crashed; it's still listed as Lost.
8aO5X TIL: Among those on the design team for lower Manhattan's innovative 2015 merry-go-round was a stage designer who worked on some LaScala operas, the Sochi Olympics, & Broadway's "Spider Man." The SeaGlass Carousel has no center pole and the 30 giant fish that kids ride have color-changing lighting.
R7GXa TIL that light soy sauce is saltier than dark soy sauce. My whole life has been a lie. I thought that dark soy sauce as a more concentrated aged form of light soy sauce.
Zp9aQ TIL: That Frasier wasn't the only spinoff from "Cheers" - in 1987 "The Tortellis" was launched focused on the life of Carla Tortelli's ex-husband, Nick Tortelli