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TIL the Orient Express Became the World’s Most Glamorous Train

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6ENAX TIL Stephen Fry was under criminal investigation in 2017 for blasphemy, for his comments made on the show 'The Meaning of Life'
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XE0Gk TIL When Russian President Boris Yeltsin was on a yacht in Siberia and ordered an aide thrown overboard, out of fury. [pg.468]
gdD9 TIL; During the entire Irish Potato Famine (1845-1852), rich landowners exported 30-50 shiploads of food per day, while more than 1 million people starved to death.
ANO04 TIL The NES Zapper Gun worked by turning the screen black and placing a white box around the target. The gun had a light sensor which detected the light from the white box. If it detected light, you hit the target.