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TIL starting in 1938, GM bought out the public transportation in many Californian cities, including Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Diego) and ran it to the ground so people would switch to private transportation.

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7rp4b TIL on the set of The Princess Bride, André the Giant once "let out a 16 second fart and brought production to a standstill." Nobody said anything except director Rob Reiner, who said "Are you OK, André?" to which André replied, "I am now boss."
7rXYp TIL the music genre “shoegaze” got its name from British critics mocking the musicians always looking down at their shoes while playing instead of the audience. In reality, the musicians had to focus on the numerous music effect pedals in their playlist.
dD4DK TIL that Spiro Mounds, a Native American "King Tut's Tomb", were ransacked, desecrated, and destroyed by a group of local treasure hunters in 1935, and is considered the worst looting of an archaeological site in US history.
QJbj6 TIL The first webcam was created so engineers could see whether a coffee pot had coffee in it and they wouldnt need to walk over
7rNlb TIL that 9/11 was a "Super Tuesday" of music releases - including hugely anticipated albums by Jay-Z, Bob Dylan, Nickelback, Ben Folds, Mariah Carey and many more, and TWO album covers that depicted WTC being on fire