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TIL Zablon Simintov is the only jew left in Afghanistan

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GAyl7 TIL that a steel bridge in India is being dangerously eroded by pedestrians spitting on it
VV5m TIL there was an episode of Tom and Jerry where they both commit suicide, it is narrated by Jerry.
pjpb TIL of the steamship Eastland, which, in 1915, capsized while still tied to the dock in Chicago. New safety laws which rushed through Congress after the Titanic sinking mandated so much safety gear installed that the ship was top heavy and rolled over, killing 844 people.
XEBrX TIL that in US food labeling, the term "natural" essentially means nothing and does not ensure that the product is unprocessed or all natural in any way.
P1XLn TIL Leif Segerstam (1944-2024), the Finnish conductor, wrote 371 symphonies.