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TIL that the first firefighter to be killed while responding to the attacks on 9/11 was named Daniel Suhr, and he died after a person who jumped from the South Tower landed on him

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pYdRp TIL At the start of World War 2 the tops of pillar post boxes were painted with an invisible gas detection paint that would turn yellow in the event of a gas attack.
mxOvR TIL It is standard in Japan to put cash on the counter rather than hand it to the person directly. Sometimes there is even a little tray you put your cash on and then the cashier takes the little tray.
xVYD TIL the probability of a song becoming a hit can be estimated by using an algorithm.
oBnVK TIL that Finland was the first nation in the world that implemented universal suffrage (in 1906) and allowed all adult citizens to run for office, regardless of sex or race, and thus was the first true democracy in the world. The following year, the first female MPs in world history were elected.
0d1GR TIL that "DB Cooper" was not the actual alias used by the infamous hijacker. It was the one that was mistakingly reported in the press and quickly spread.