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TIL Cincinnati has a fully-built, but never used subway system from the 1920s complete with over 2 miles of tunnels and untouched stations nearly a century old. There was an attempt to convert it to a light rail system in 2002 by raising taxes half-a-cent for the residents, but voters shot it down.

R7691 TIL In 1940, when Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas was given an ultimatum by Mussolini to surrender Greek lands for Italian occupation, Metaxas allegedly sent one word in reply: “No.”
Y7KMB TIL that orphaned Northern resident orca Springer(official designation: A73), the only wild orca to be rescued, rehabilitated, and returned to the wild successfully, now is a mother of two, Spirit(A104) and Storm(A116)
kZld TIL in 2009 a woman caused a riot at a Columbus, Ohio, Burlington Coat Factory after it became clear to customers, whom she had offered store-wide to purchase all orders up to $500 from her lottery winnings, that she had no money.
ANQvo TIL that ex Confederate General Joseph E Johnston died after serving as a pallbearer at the funeral of his former opponent General Sherman in 1891. Despite rain and cold, Johnston refused to wear a hat, out of respect for Sherman.
xVOGk TIL: In 2017, the CIA released over 470,000 files that were on Osama Bin Laden's hard drive to the public with the exception of copyright material and some porn. It was found he had Final Fantasy 7, Ice Age, and Resident Evil along with several BBC and CNN documentaries on him.