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TIL that the world's oldest operational electric railway is Volk's Electric Railway in Brighton, and it dates back to 1883

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0ErM TIL that, under the first written law code of ancient Greece, anyone proposing a new law had to appear in front of the Citizen’s Council with a rope around their neck. If the Council voted against the law, the person was strangled.
awwgZ TIL In 2017, a woman called Chau Smith ran 7 marathons in 7 consecutive days on 7 continents in celebration of her 70th birthday.
vay4 TIL Watermelons originated in a desert.
D1GWr TIL lightning strikes are several times more likely to reach the ground in colder climates compared to the tropics
ADjr4 TIL as a young boy Yuri Gagarin (first man in space) had his village occupied by nazis, his family forced to work while living in a 3 by 3 meter mud hut for 21 months, saw his little brother being hanged (but saved by his parents) and his two older siblings deported for slave labor (who escaped).