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8veP TIL a Swedish diplomat jumped on top of a train filled with Jews bound for Auschwitz and handed out Swedish passports down through the doors as German soldiers ordered him down and fired into the air around him. He then demanded the Germans release them and took them to safety.
poap TIL that Romans would post news and information along their road networks, especially where three roads intersected, known as a tri-via. Hence, tidbits of information became known as trivia.
N711J TIL the expression 'oi' was voted to be the 61st most beautiful word in the English language by a poll of non-English speakers in 2004. It was added to US Scrabble in 2006.
N7nLQ TIL: a 'State of Emergency ' in Tasmania allows authorized officers to dispose of human remains in the manner that the authorized officer considers appropriate despite any law that would otherwise prevent or restrict that disposal.
1OL7 TIL that an officer of the California highway patrol ,Sgt. Kevin Briggs, has stopped more then 200 people from committing suicide on the golden gate bridge.