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TIL that during the Cold War, Berlin had two metro lines which began and ended in the western half of the city, but cut through eastern territory. East Berlin agreed that for a fee, trains could pass through so long as they never stopped at any of the stations there.

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6o4X TIL when the Emperor Nero began to go nuts, he would stage long singing performances wherein the audience would not be allowed to leave. Women gave birth during these performances and men would fake their deaths in the hopes of being carried out just so they could get away.
LQmOp TIL that everyone has a maximum possible length of hair growth, typically 24-36 inches. This is decided by the length of the anagen stage of the hair growth cycle, typically 2-8 years
L8Wm TIL that the ancient Greeks believed in the existence of the Cyclops because they found a mammoth skull fossil
6EX4W TIL the first black FBI agents were recruited in 1919 to investigate Marcus Garvey's organization in order to find some grounds for deporting Garvey, who was a citizen of Jamaica, from the U.S.
wLk0o TIL In 1994, in an attempt to ban raves, the UK passed a law banning public performance of music “wholly or predominantly characterized by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats.” In response, the electronic band Autechre issued a track, Flutter, in which no two bars have the same beat.