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TIL the German word, backpfeifengesicht, that roughly translates into meaning “A face that needs to be slapped (or punched).

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MyRB TIL in the 80s, the first trawling fishermen caught orange roughy fish - the subsequent boom without restrictions has pushed them to the brink of extinction because we didn’t realise they’re each hundred years old
ZdXp TIL Volvo once made a concept car that was especially designed for women. It’s hood had no bonnet that could open up, and its tires were made so that it could run on a flat tire so as to spare ladies from having to change tire by the side of the road
8a6X4 TIL the novelization of "Pretty In Pink" doesn't change the original ending John Hughes intended for, where Molly Ringwald's character falls for and get together with Duckie, played by Jon Cryer
OoKnY TIL that trains on the Mauritania Railway are up to 3 km (1.9 mi) long, making them one of the longest and heaviest in the world. 200 to 210 cars are used to transport iron ore, though passengers are also occasionally transported.
p8aa4 TIL that, despite being built in 280 BC, the Colossus of Rhodes was approximately as tall as the Statue of Liberty.