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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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VMkek TIL that the song 'Africa' by Toto is actually about a boy "trying to write a song on Africa, but since he's never been there, he can only tell what he's seen on TV or remembers in the past". This explains the apparently inaccurate line about Kilimanjaro rising above the Serengeti.
l765a TIL John Hay started his career as a personal assistant to Abraham Lincoln and after Lincoln died, Hays became a true diplomat. He served under Presidents Hayes, Garfield, McKinley, and T. Roosevelt. His career spanned almost five decades. He died while he was still U.S. Secretary of State.
wZDM TIL David Attenborough is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in each of black and white, colour, HD, and 3D.
YplOP TIL that The Great Sphinx of Giza is the oldest monumental sculpture in human history!
BYmk TIL the longest confirmed sniper kill was by Craig Harrison who killed two Taliban insurgents from a distance of 1.54 miles. The bullet took 3 seconds to reach their targets, which were 914 m (3,000 ft) beyond the L115A3 sniper rifle’s recommended range.