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TIL that Stephanie Meyer is a member of the LDS church and considers the Book of Mormon her biggest inspiration for the Twilight Saga

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v1kBK TIL: In Poland in 2010, a 90-ton WWII-era locomotive was propped-up vertically as a memorial sculpture. Artist Andrzej Jarodski titled it "Pociąg do Nieba" --The Train to Heaven.
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