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TIL that Thomas the Tank Engine has several real replicas of the well-known locomotive. They greet tourists throughout Europe, North America, and Japan on heritage railways as part of a "Day Out with Thomas".

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BWJk TIL six years after the fall of Communism in Poland, consumption of alcohol grew to five times the average levels of Western countries, and one liquor store for every 300 people serviced the demand.
dND8 TIL that eating and drinking in the chamber of the British parliament are both strictly prohibited. The sole exception is for the Chancellor of the Exchequer who is allowed an alcoholic drink when delivering the Budget statement.
ZAEa TIL Helen Keller had a dog named “Kamikaze-go” and was responsible for introducing the Akita dog to the United States.
6E8Mm TIL that Isaac Asimov died from complications of HIV. In 1983 got HIV from a blood transfusion during heart surgery. His doctors told him to keep it quiet. 10 Ten years later, after most of Asimov's physicians had died, Asimov's family agreed that the HIV story should be made public.
JYGRl TIL: Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national symbol, as he felt that eagles represented a "bad moral character" as they steal fish from hawks and were too lazy to catch fish themselves. He stated that turkeys native to America and a "bird of courage" as opposed to a "rank coward".