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TIL The university of WV has had pod cars on a track that transport people around their campus for decades

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EgmLV TIL that Llanfair PG in Wales, only adopted its famous the 58-letter name Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llantysilio­gogogoch in the 1860s to attract railway tourists. The stunt worked and visitors still flock there for photos with the station sign.
ANL57 TIL that in 1976, 3 men kidnapped a bus full of schoolchildren with the goal of ransoming them back for 5 million dollars. They tried to place the ransom call, but the line was busy, and they ended up falling asleep. By the time they woke up, the children had freed themselves and made it to safety.
v1d8R TIL that if a pregnant woman has organ damage, the baby in her womb sends stem cells to help repair the organ.
VMd9Z TIL the English horn is not english at all. Its name comes from a mistranslation "cor angle", which means "angled horn" in French, heard instead as "cor anglais."
ZZNQ TIL despite writing about witchcraft and other spiritually dark things, J.K. Rowling identifies herself as a Christian, saying she doesn’t “take any responsibility for the lunatic fringes of my own religion”