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TIL by the late 90s the buses in Belgrade were in such bad condition that one passenger died after falling through the rusted floor of a bus and being crushed by a wheel.

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p8egO TIL: The only state governor to be assassinated was Kentucky’s William Goebel. He was shot soon after the election ended, and was sworn into office while on his death bed. His only official business as governor was to call off the militia looking for the person who shot him.
DQBJj TIL that the legs of the 630 foot 192 m) Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO had to be built with a 1/64” (0.4 mm) tolerance so that they would meet at the top. Several filmmakers documented the entire construction in hope that the legs wouldn’t meet.
rNmvx TIL Coriander and Cilantro are from the same plant
kJ6Q4 TIL of the HMS Black Joke, a former slave ship captured and given to the British West Africa squadron. Over a 5 year career she captured dozens of slave ships and freed thousands of African slaves bound for the Western Hemisphere.
GJXE TIL Grace Hopper was the developer of the first compiler for a programming language. She also invented the saying, “It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.”