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TIL that Gadgetbahn is a neologism that refers to a public transport concept that is touted as futuristic or innovative, but in practice is less feasible, reliable, and more expensive than traditional modes such as buses, trams and trains.

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XEYn8 TIL Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s wife kept hanging up on his phone calls from the ISS thinking he was a telemarketer. The 3 second delay made her think no one was on the other side of the line when she’d answer. NASA then gave her the ISS’s phone number so her phone read “SPACE” each time he called.
E1LwP TIL Protists are classified solely on organisms that cannot be recognized as an animal, plant or fungi. This includes the last common ancestor of all Eukaryotes and the closest living relatives of all animals the Choanaflagellates.
Q8Q6 TIL 2 identical twins died from virtually the same accident two hours apart, 1 mile away
wLBvJ TIL tear ducts don't produce tears, they drain them. Also, the reason you get a runny nose when crying is because the tear ducts empty into the nose.
gM5Pb TIL about the 1898 Siege of Baler. During the Philippine revolution a 50 soldiers detachment of the Spanish 2nd Expeditionary Battalion Cazadores managed to survive 337 days in a fortified church, while killing 700 Filipino Revolutionaries and suffering only 17 casualties mostly due to disease.