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TIL Hitler's private train was named Amerika.

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d8BeE TIL that in 2029 a huge asteroid will come so close to the hitting the earth that it will be visible to the naked eye. This asteroid may still hit our planet in 2068.
1aEGP TIL The history of the Cantonese, or Yue, language is more than 2,000 years old, making it older than Mandarin, the official language of China, which only has 700 to 800 years of history
0wrdy TIL Self-checkouts aren’t necessarily faster than other checkouts and don’t result in lower staff numbers, & there are indirect costs such as theft & reduced customer satisfaction and loyalty. But they better suit the trend of shoppers buying fewer goods, more often.
b9m50 TIL the American B83 Nuclear Bomb has been studied for use in the destruction/deterrence of asteroids on a crash course with Earth. They are 80x more powerful than the Little Boy bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
9YVd6 TIL "Blocks found with dates from all seasons in the Egyptian calendar suggest the pyramids were built year-round and not just when the Nile was in flood."