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TIL the Mount Washington Cog Railway was the first mountain climbing railway in the world.

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AoAl TIL in California if you order a cold Subway sandwich “to go” then its non taxed. Order it “for here” and the sandwich is taxed.
d87Br TIL that J.K. Rowling wrote a real person into The Goblet of Fire. The girl was named Natalie McDonald, a Harry Potter fan who was dying of leukaemia while Rowling was still writing the book. Her character is a first-year who dons the sorting hat and is sorted into Griffindor.
Lex9 TIL that a group of Orthodox Jews in New Jersey joined their local school board and began redirecting funds from public schools to their childrens’ yeshiva classes…despite their children not attending any of these public schools
Ardw TIL Genghis Khan would marry off a daughter to the king of an allied nation, dismissing his other wives. Then he would assign his new son-in-law to military duty in the Mongol wars, while the daughter took over the rule. Most sons-in-law died in combat, giving him shield around the Mongol lands
4kmeo TIL about Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities, quasi anarchist communities of 300k people existing since 1994 in the middle of Mexico... and still working well 30 years later!