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TIL an ancient city going 18 levels underground was found with thousands of ventilation shafts and could hold up to 20,000 people with schools, markets, churches, areas for livestock, and even tombs

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5GAR TIL that map makers fabricate streets and geographical landmarks, called “Trap Streets,” to catch copyright violators.
XEGOX TIL in 1933 there was a proposed Amendment to the US Constitution that would put a Limit of $1 million on personal wealth. In the wake of the Great Depression many Americans developed more socialist values and believed personal wealth should be limited to avoid such an issue from happening again.
4Xn56 TIL Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) has a degree in electrical engineering from Oxford
D1awD TIL in 1934, Swiss banking secrecy laws were strengthened to encourage Jews of Central & Eastern Europe, fearful of Nazis, to hide their assets in Swiss banks. After a majority of those depositors died during the Holocaust, the laws were used to wrongfully deny their heirs access to those accounts
R0kQ TIL that one of the major problems of the Chrysler Turbine car was that it’s exhaust would melt the car behind it in traffic