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TIL it was faster to take the train from New York to Buffalo in 1890 than in 2013

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J1RZ8 TIL the longest theoretical sight line at ground level on earth is Hindu-tagh in China to Mt. Dankova in Kyrgyzstan at 538 Km, while the longest photographed sight line is from the Spanish Pyrenees to French Alps at 443 Km.
9Y4rQ TIL there is no universally agreed-upon list of "Ten Commandments." They're not numbered explicitly in the Bible, and their order even differs depending on the religious tradition
7ZAL TIL In 1918 A black man named Laurence C Jones survived a lynching attempt from a White mob by convincing them of his passion to educate Black kids. The mob ended up collecting money for his cause.
8amda TIL researchers modeled a system where the Peter Principle holds true and found that instead of promoting the best employees until they reach a level where they stop performing competently, it's more efficient for a company to promote employees at random. For this research they won an Ig Nobel.
RQwQ TIL, the phrase “if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear” has been attributed to both the Nazi Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels