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TIL the "X" in "Xmas" comes from the Greek letter "Chi".

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oBGZ8 TIL in 1944, three American B-29 bombers on missions over Japan were forced to land in the Soviet Union. The Soviets, who did not have a similar strategic bomber, decided to copy the B-29. Within three years, they had developed the Tu-4, a nearly-perfect copy
7kp TIL that many ‘Ghost Trains’ run on the British Rail Network. These trains - often unadvertised - run extremely rarely, at obscure times, through bizarre routes, purely to keep the line officially open whilst discouraging passenger use. Ghost train hunters roam the country searching for them!
WkZKB TIL that Betty White, despite being the last surviving Golden Girl, was older than her costars Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty, and Rue McClanahan.
NXwD1 TIL that some sects of Buddhism start mummifying their most venerated monks BEFORE death.
kxn4 TIL Edwin H. Armstrong the inventor of the FM radio committed suicide because he was spending 90% of his time on litigation against RCA who were trying to suppress the technology.