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TIL Tchaikovsky was in love with his nephew, or at the very least deeply infatuated with him

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wLDeJ TIL that, despite being one of the world's biggest bands ever, U2 has only had two number one hits on the Billboard Top 100: "With or Without You" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," both of which come from their 1987 album The Joshua Tree.
5o9n TIL on this day in 1907 a Mexican railroad brakeman named Jesus Garcia saved the entire town of Nacozari, Sonora by singlehandedly driving a damaged and burning train containing dynamite six kilometers away from the town before it finally exploded, killing him
xVwWb TIL that the creators of the US state north of Oregon were originally planning to name it Columbia, but were concerned it would be confused with the District of Columbia. So they named it Washington instead.
JdMV TIL That the Beats audio driver included with some laptops actually makes the sound worse than stock when you turn it off, to make the beats ‘enhancements’ sound better by comparison.
aWJJ TIL Tersicoccus phoenicis is a bacteria only known to exist at two locations on Earth, were independently found in geographically separated spacecraft assembly clean room facilities nearly 4,000 km (2,500 mi) apart.