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TIL that Albert Einstein worked as an electrician on the Oktoberfest 1896.

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nVQW TIL in 585 BC a solar eclipse occurred in the middle of a battle between the Lydians and the Medes. They promptly ceased fighting and signed a peace treaty.
E1GK7 TIL tree kangaroos are marsupials inhabiting the lowland and mountainous rainforests of Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the far north of Queensland, Australia. Living up in the foliage, these species look like a cross between a kangaroo and a lemur. There are 14 known species of tree kangaroo.
WkxNo TIL the word Nickelodeon is a combination of the price of a theatre ticket in 1905 (5¢) and the Greek word for theatre.
rMoe TIL in 1961 Donald Reid built a Flying Submarine. It was demonstrated on 9 June 1964 where it dove to a depth of 6.5 feet (2 m) then flew to an altitude of 33 ft (10 m) .
7r9OX TIL that the only place on Earth where both crocodiles and alligators live together is in the United States, in the Florida Everglades.