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

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ZpvQo TIL despite surviving an assassination attempt while running for president again, Theodore Roosevelt did not win re-election!
kJWE4 TIL George Michael worked and re-worked his song "Careless Whisper" for 2 and half year's before finally releasing it. He went thru 8 saxophonists before finally settling on Steve Gregory who was able to play the riff exactly as Michael heard it in his head. The song topped charts in ten countries
9ZEM TIL New Zealand soldiers carved a gigantic Kiwi into the side of a hill in England right after WWI. It’s still visible today.
l79RB TIL the US army had a robot with a teddy bear face designed by VECNA.
90Y6 TIL on this day in 1979 the original Sony Walkman was released.