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TIL that steam locomotives were still being manufactured for industrial use in 1999

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loab1 TIL that a video game to help children with ADHD was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) called EndeavorRx.
P1aBn TIL Treskilling Yellow is the only known stamp of its kind in existence. They were supposed to be blue-green not yellow but they made a mistake in the 1850s in Sweden. It was valued at between £1.29 million and £1.73 million before the sale in 2010.
MeKN7 TIL One night, Audra H. fainted and hit her head on a table with only her cat, Shad, at home. Shad dialed 911. The responding officer, who had a hard time believing the cat had learned to call 911, set up his dash cam and Audra simulated a fainting spell. Shad rose to the occasion and made the call.
lo5ON TIL in the 1970's, the head of a Vegas union ordered the bombings of several nonunion establishments. When he refused to pay his bombers for their work, the union boss was abducted and his body was later found in the desert outside of Las Vegas.
wLY9o TIL the colour fuchsia is named after the fuschia plant, which is named after botanist Leonard Fuchs. This makes it a colour named after a plant named after a man named after an animal, as "Fuchs" is German for "fox".