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TIL after committing the first British murder on a train Franz Muller fled to America by boat, the pursuing detectives caught a faster ship and arrived three weeks before he did. He was subsequently arrested and later hanged.

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dDKN8 TIL about "The Orphan Trains." Thousands of children were shipped via trains from the East Coast to the Midwest to be adopted upon arrival. Some children were adopted by themselves, whilst others were adopted as families.
J1YJ8 TIL that the late third president of the Republic of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, once held a press conference to proclaim that he only had one wife, Lucy Kibaki after rumors that a prominent businesswoman, Mary Wambui, was his second one.
5VMRr TIL Of the Columbus Egg. Columbus' egg refers to a discovery or amazing idea that seems simple or easy after the fact.
AD8Qg TIL After the English takeover of New Amsterdam in 1664, Dutch continued to be spoken until 1962, when the last Dutch speaker in New Jersey died.
mYXo TIL that Charleston, AR was the first southern school system to integrate (not Little Rock, AR.) When asked how it could be done without violence, an attorney named Dale Bumpers said, “We’ll just do it.” The board integrated the schools without announcing it to the press, and there was no violence.