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TIL that disneyland’s first customer still visits annually with his lifetime pass since opening day in 1955.

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X01g8 TIL first two subway stations in the United States were the Boylston and Park Street stations in Boston, which opened in 1897.
WkWl4 TIL the concept of private property was unknown to ancient Hawaiians. Instead they had "ahupua'a", a belief system that connected spirituality into the natural landscape. It emphasized the interrelationship of elements and beings and honored them in the activities of daily and seasonal life.
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