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TIL Pacific Electric (PE) was America’s largest interurban electric railway system, blanketing the Los Angeles region with more than 1,000 miles of rail lines

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JpgV TIL: Hitler had a favorable opinion of Islam. He viewed Islam as “a religion that believed in spreading the faith by the sword and in subjugating all nations to that faith. Such a creed was perfectly suited to the German temperament.”
MxoB TIL that the percent symbol (%) is not alone, there is the permille (‰) and the permyriad (‱) as well.
EgQEP TIL that a Phillies fan credits the Phillies' dollar dog nights for saving his life, as he ate too many hot dogs and went to the hospital for a stomachache, where they found out he had blood cancer
VEAG TIL Fake smiling causes real happiness
4XpDb TIL that Arrhichion is the only person to have won an Olympic event while dead. His opponent suffocated him during a game of pankration, essentially a no-holds-barred fight, but didn't realize that he had killed Arrhichion and surrendered due to his injuries.