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TIL Cincinnati Built a Subway System a Century Ago but It Wasn't Used

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a8Ney TIL that after the Papal States were lost and Rome was annexed to Italy in 1870, the Pope became a self-imposed prisoner within the Vatican. This situation lasted until the Lateran Treaty in 1929, which established Vatican City as an independent sovereign entity.
6EME7 TIL Ireland is the only Western European democracy to have signed a condolence book and visit the German ambassador following Hitler's death in 1945
78bax TIL the origin of heroin's name.
wL8KW TIL of Tyke a circus elephant who after years of abuse, killed her trainer and injured her groomer. She bolted out of the arena and roamed the streets of Honolulu for about 30 mins before she was finally put down by police. Tyke became symbolic of circus tragedies and a symbol for animal rights.
eOPg TIL Michael Jackson wanted to do a Harry Potter musical but J.K. Rowling said no.