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TIL that pollution in London was once so bad, that some train lines used detonations as signals, because drivers couldn’t see the lights

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EOVx TIL Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh was married to a Chinese woman. But today, Vietnamese government refused to acknowledge her existence, instead they promoted myth that he was celibate because “he was so dedicated to revolution”
R7Bv9 TIL the disposable surgical masks are designed to prevent infections to others by the wearer rather than protect the wearers themselves. Wearing one is actually a public service.
e0omb TIL about the 13,500 year old Grotte du Bichon man of Switzerland, whose remains were found intermingled with a wounded brown bear and charcoal. This indicates that he tried to force the bear out of the cave by fire to slaughter it, but in turn was killed by the dying animal.
94Kp TIL that chubby girls in Japan are called ‘marshmallows’
wLNLJ TIL that in 1998 Australian Astronomers detected fast radio burst signals, and named them Perytons. It was soon discovered that it was escaping radiation from the microwave in the lunch room, which was being stopped by using the door release without pushing the stop button first.