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TIL General Motors deliberately destroyed streetcars as a strategy to push the United States into automobile dependency.

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eNE TIL the auto body shop used by the show “Pimp My Ride” was fined $16,000 by federal regulators for removing the airbag in a car’s steering wheel and installing a tv screen
lgAK TIL a French man fell in love with someone he thought was a female Chinese opera singer, and had a decades-long affair that resulted in a child… only to discover that the whole time the singer had actually been (a) male and (b) a spy.
neNxr TIL in 1974, a then largely unknown Queen were booed and heckled at a music festival in Australia. Freddie Mercury told the audience, "When we come back to Australia, we will be the biggest band in the world!" Queen would return after debuting their smash hit Bohemian Rhapsody just two years later.
QNyMa TIL that in the world's first novel, the 11th-century Japanese "Tale of Genji", none of the characters are given explicit names. It was considered rude to call people by name, so the characters are referred to using (for example) their jobs or clothing color, which change throughout the story.
QZy9 TIL Dr. Phil played linebacker for Tulsa. His team lost to the University of Houston 100–6 in one of the most lopsided games in college football history.