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TIL about Japanese Kangiten inspired by the Indian Ganesha

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VBkZQ TIL about London bus driver, Albert Gunter. He found his bus on the London Bridge just was it was opening for a ship. He slammed the gas and jumped the gap. For this, he was given a bonus of £10 (about £290 in today’s money)
On9Y TIL that Jackie Kennedy called Martin Luther King jr a “terrible man” and claimed he was drunk at JFK’s funeral
PY9gn TIL that a 3 mile journey on a steam train, which would have taken 1,000 gallons of water and a tonne of coal, can be replaced by a diesel engine burning 18 gallons of fuel; that's a 98% fall in energy use between the two technologies.
1a4GW TIL that the signature drum-intensive tune [https://youtu.be/-4_d_6A8nE0 ] that used to precede any CBS Special Presentation (Charlie Brown cartoons, etc) was actually a snippet taken from the original "Hawaii-50" TV theme song.
VMBkZ TIL that "Ghostbusters" actor Dan Aykroyd is one of the founders of a popular brand of spirit named "Crystal Head Vodka"