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TIL In 1989 A gas pipeline alongside the Trans-Siberian Railway exploded just as two trains passed each other simultaneously, killing 575 people. Known as the Ufa Train disaster

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x6kgD TIL the name of the genre "Buttrock" originated from a nationwide campaign of rock stations saying they played "Nothing but rock."
R7JRQ TIL the Dwarves in Middle Earth were created by an impatient Angel who wanted to have children of his own and teach them his crafts. Eru Ilúvatar (God) and creator of the Elves and Men was not pleased by this disobedience, but forgave his son and then adopted the Dwarves, allowing them to exist.
p8pYA TIL: Eating hamburger patties medium-rare is a lot more dangerous than medium-rare steak because of bacteria concentrations
N7oG8 TIL that lemurs are among the largest pollinators (in terms of their size, not their scale of pollination)
M1Za TIL; Some Activists Accidentally Destroyed 15,000 year old cave paintings, mistaking them for “Graffiti”.