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TIL Over 7000 Kriegslokomotiven (War Locomotives) were built by Germany during WW2. Today, 5 of them are the last of Europe's industrial steam trains.

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X050k TIL A 2014 linguistics study on filler words found that 1) women use “um” ~22% more than men, 2) men say “uh” 250% more than women, & 3) men use filler words ~38% more than women
Y7DaB TIL that ambergris (whale poop) has been used in perfumes for centuries including today's popular Chanel No. 5
ADJGa TIL John Cleese has a rubbish tip named after him in New Zealand because he insulted the city of Palmerston North.
yjkM TIL Philosopher and Mathematician Pythagoras hated beans so much that he refused to run through a bean field while trying to escape from a mob that was out to kill him. The mob slit his throat.
WkO5Y TIL about the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which was signed in 1928 and made war illegal, even though the pact had no mechanisms for enforcement