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TIL there are about 1000 train derailments per year in the US. Almost 3 per day

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x6LV7 TIL Sigmund Freud wrote a book where he claimed Moses actually worshipped an Egyptian sun deity.
nl6Y TIL the 1998 sci-fi film “Lost in Space” is referred to by some as “the Iceberg” because it ended Titanic’s 15-week run as number one at the box office
4XLDo TIL The oldest known written complaint, is a clay tablet from ancient Babylon written c. 1750 BCE.
e0pY4 TIL when Arthur Rubinstein was invited to play for delegates at the 1945 inauguration of the UN, he was so angry that neither a Polish delegation nor a Polish flag was included, he made his point by performing the Polish national anthem extremely slowly and loudly.
JYJQV TIL the words ebony, ivory, lily, and oasis originate from Egyptian through Greek and sometimes Latin