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TIL Rod Stewart has been working on a model train set for over 30 years.

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vox8 TIL Physicists were able to cool atomic gas below absolute zero at which point it displayed dark-energy like properties and seemingly defied gravity
ZplZv TIL that the first panty tree first took root in the late 1970s in Aspen, Colorado and started as a protest against the first female ski patroller that then spiraled out of control.
rNG90 TIL the "essential" in essential oils means derived from the essence of the mineral, not that it is essential for our health.
9Yo5M TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte's nephew, Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte was elected to be the first president of France in 1841. He staged a coup d'etat at the end of his term in 1851 and ruled as emperor Napoleon III till his death since the constitution didn't let him seek reelection.
oBoWK TIL that when you have something on the tip of your tongue, but all you can think of is that similar (but not the desired) fact, those intrusive thoughts are called "Ugly Sisters".