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v1kJr TIL Belarus has one of the most grandiose defense museums in Eastern Europe, the Stalin Line Historical and Cultural Complex, named after the original Stalin Line, a network of fortifications along the Western border of the former Soviet Union
wLJXW TIL that the cheese slicer (Ostehøvel) was invented by Thor Bjørklund (Nor). The legend has it that, frustrated at the un-even cheese slices he cut with a knife, he wanted to improve the cheese world. He realized that a carpenter’s plane could do the job and the cheese slicer was born.
Meb8A TIL that rats were thought to be carriers of the bubonic plague and that in Sydney, around 200,000 rats were caught to eliminate the disease.
W8MA TIL the the Cleveland Indians once had a $0.10 Beer Night. Cleveland had to forfeit the game when their drunk fans started a riot during the 9th inning. Players had to attack fans with baseball bats to protect themselves.
yQ1gp TIL about Leonard Stogel, a music promoter and manager who died in the crash of American Airlines Flight 191. Both his parents had previously died in the crash of American Airlines Flight 1.