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TIL that the Aztecs modeled their capital on the nearby ruins of Teotihuacan, regarding it as “the city of gods”. It was one of the largest cities in pre-Columbian America and in the world at the time, and it was abandoned about a thousand years before the Spanish came to Mexico.

by whatilearned December 9, 2021, 2:46 pm

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TIL in 1986, the 18-year-old Prince of Orange Willem-Alexander participated in the 120 mile long ice skating tour known as ‘Elfstedentocht’. He entered under the pseudonym ‘W.A. van Buren’, and managed to finish the tour that passes 11 historic cities in the Dutch province of Friesland.

by whatilearned December 3, 2021, 11:44 am

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TIL every Australian state has only one large city and the majority of every state lives in those cities.

by whatilearned November 30, 2021, 2:11 am

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TIL the city of Hammond, IN built a wall across its border with Gary, IN in 1981. Local leaders blamed flooding issues for necessitating the wall between the two cities. In 2006, they constructed a curb to restrict vehicle access to neighboring Calumet City, IL.

by whatilearned November 23, 2021, 12:49 am

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[Serious] People who live in desert towns or cities, what are some everyday ‘facts of life’ about living in the desert that people who live in other places wouldn’t know?

by QuestionGuy November 19, 2021, 12:41 pm

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TIL the 2006 movie Idiocracy was released in only 7 cities and expanded to 130 theaters rather than the typical 600, the film’s distributor was entirely absent in promoting it, and while posters were released to theaters, no movie trailers, no ads, no press kits, and only two stills were released.

by whatilearned November 19, 2021, 4:32 am

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How I got the Canals to work in the randomly-generated cities in my game

by ProgrammerDude November 15, 2021, 7:09 am

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TIL that the capitals of the Georgias are sister cities. Atlanta, Georgia, USA and Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia became sister cities in 1988.

by whatilearned November 13, 2021, 2:03 pm

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TIL most cities without subways have newspapers that are roughly 20 inches high and 14 inches wide, while cities with subways usually have smaller newspapers, roughly 14 inches high and 10 inches wide, making them easier to read on crowded public transit conveyances.

by whatilearned November 9, 2021, 10:59 pm

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Top 10 Cities in the World for the best AI and Machine Learning Jobs

by ProgrammerDude October 31, 2021, 9:53 am

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TIL El Paso is closer to the capital cities of four other states than it is to the capital of its own state, Austin.

by whatilearned October 31, 2021, 3:26 am

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Top 10 Cities in the World for the Best Data Science Jobs

by ProgrammerDude October 30, 2021, 8:42 am

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