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TIL that in 1936, the city of Spokane gave their last electric streetcar a Viking funeral: After its final trip, it was paraded through the city, then filled with hay bales and set ablaze, until finally "six pretty girls in bathing suits and firemen's red hats" put out the fire

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Brk0K TIL that Christopher Nolan was so secretive about Interstellar that he initially asked Hans Zimmer to compose the score with just a one-page story about a father who leaves his child to do an important job instead of giving him the script. It contained two lines of dialogue: "I'll come back & when?"
MLj0 TIL that in some European markets, Netflix monitors illegal downloads to decide which shows to purchase.
0BKA TIL in 2004, a Wal-Mart was built on a section of Teotihuacan. Ancient artifacts were shipped off to dumps by workers who found them on the site.
OGVra TIL about Leucochloridium or “Zombie Snail”, a parasite that infects a snail's eye stalks, making them grow bigger & pulsate. This attracts birds that eat the snail, transmitting the parasite to the bird's digestive system, where it reproduces & infects more snails.
4Xb4b TIL that the original XBOX prototype was literally a gigantic X. It was carved out of aluminum and cost $18,000 to manufacture, but you could actually play on it.