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TIL that Scranton, Pennsylvania is known as “The Electric City” because in the 1880s, it was one of the first cities in America to have both electric lights as well as electric streetcars.

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plxG TIL that in 2010, a woman named Lori Ruff committed suicide. Her husband’s family found a box among her possessions that contained name change documents and the birth certificate of a long-dead two-year-old girl. The true identity of Lori Ruff still has not been discovered.
epW14 TIL that crosswalks are called zebra crossings in the U.K.
oRYOr TIL that heirs to the throne of the Ottoman Empire were kept under house-arrest in the "Cage" from puberty until death (or becoming sultan), and it was common for a new sultan to have his brothers killed, including infants, sometimes dozens at once, to reduce the number of claimants to the throne.
D4kp TIL that after Tupac was cremated, his ashes were mixed with marijuana and smoked by members of his hip-hop group, Outlawz.
wLZ7E TIL that staring into someone's eyes for ten minutes straight may cause disassociation and hallucinations.