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TIL The name Elphaba from Wicked was inspired by L. Frank Baum (L.F.B.), author of The Wizard of Oz.

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VZ9B TIL Majel Barrett’s recorded voice is still used today by Union Pacific Railroad giving notification of train and railroad track defects.
rRK6o TIL About Coober Pedy, an Australian town where 80% of its residents live underground.
kOdJd TIL Food deserts are places where residents don’t have access to affordable nutritious foods like fruits and vegetables. Instead these areas often have convenience stores and gas stations with limited shelf space available for healthy options - making nutritious foods virtually inaccessible.
W78N TIL- during WW1, around the Christmas of 1914, groups of soldiers held unofficial ceasefires. Opposing soldiers exchanged food and souvenirs. Some sang carols and played football together, and remained friends after the war. This is now referred to as the “Christmas Truce” +1 for humanity
8axDV TIL that during WWI, no foreign coaling stations were available to Germany, and its coast was blockaded. So the Germans outfitted a sailing ship as a commerce raider and disguised it as a Norwegian woodcarrier - it sailed past the British blockade and captured 15 ships over the next two years.