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TIL: Melbourne has the largest urban tram/streetcar network in the world, with 250 km of double track

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mxyVv TIL that when actress Natascha McElhone's husband suddenly died, she continued to write letters to him. Most of the letters simply described the minutiae of daily life, but some expressed her and their children's loss. She compiled all the letters into a book.
GY0M1 TIL about Hurshid Pasha an Ottoman general who, after being informed of plans by his opponents to kill him, ordered the construction of a tomb and arranged for an elaborate funeral with all authorities present which he then committed suicide in front of.
ONo7 TIL that the mathematician Pythagoras refused to ever eat or even touch beans. In fact, while being chased by attackers, he came across a bean field but refused to enter. His attackers promptly caught him and slit his throat.
xVxD TIL Mossad agents kidnapped a Nigerian man in London in 1984, and tried to extradite him by drugging him, placing him in a crate, and shipping him abroad as diplomatic luggage. As they did not label the crates correctly, the crates could be and were searched, and the plan was foiled.
N6rb TIL Orson Wells was only 23yrs old when he gave his famous ‘War of the Worlds’ Broadcast, and only 26yrs old when he produced, co-authored, directed, and starred in Citizen Kane.