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TIL: Before 1984 Australia's national Anthem was "God save the Queen"

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GY51E TIL about Gareth Jones, the Welsh reporter who broke the Holodomor story - Russia's secret mass starvation of at least 3.5 million Ukrainians. He was murdered one day before his 30th birthday, most likely by the Soviet NKVD as retaliation for embarrassing the regime.
JNR8 TIL that–although he is better known for inventing the pressurized cabin and collapsible landing gear–Howard Hughes also invented and patented the push-up bra.
mxeoy TIL The Flying Train - Wuppertal Schwebebahn - is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world. Built between 1897 & 1903, the first track opened in 1901. The Schwebebahn is still in use today as a normal means of local public transport, moving 25 million passengers annually.
R7XYl TIL The stinging cells of Jellyfish are only around 2 micrometers in size. But can deploy in 0.7 microseconds and generate 7 GPa of penetration at a velocity of 15 m/s. Enough to pierce the shell of a crustacean.
NWAQ TIL that there was once a type of dog called the Turnspit dog which would run in a wheel to turn meat so it would cook evenly. The breed went extinct when machines were invented to turn the meat instead.