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TIL flat escalators are called travelators

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8aKlZ TIL Layne Staley was once praised by Swedish police for punching a Nazi in the face on stage.
LkjOP TIL about Laconic phrase. When Philip II invaded southern Greece, he asked the Spartans whether he should come as friend or foe. They replied "Neither". Irate, he demanded they surrender, for if he came, they would be destroyed, prompting the response "If".
kJXG7 TIL the Lights on Funeral Trains Come from a 3,000-Year-Old Ritual to Guide Souls; most popular was Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train
r9Xe TIL Trey Parker (co-creator of South Park) majored in music and Japanese, explaning the well done musical numbers and Japanese satire in the show.
D9De TIL Having bridesmaids in a wedding wasn’t originally for moral support. They were “intended to confuse evil spirits or those who wished to harm the bride.”