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TIL that the Lombardy region of Italy played such an important role in the history of pawn shops that many cities worldwide still have Lombard Street where a pawn shop used to be, and in many languanges, a pawn shop is simply called “lombard”

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 8:16 pm

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TIL Canada’s largest city, Toronto, is smaller than 6 other North American cities. The second-largest, Montreal, is smaller than 20 other NA cities. In all, Canada has only 3 distinct urban areas with a population in the top 50, and its total population is just *11%* of the population of the U.S.

by whatilearned June 13, 2022, 3:41 pm

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How do you feel about the idea that American cities should have a helluva lot more buses going from residential areas to retail shopping areas, to make it possible for lower income people to live without owning a car?

by QuestionGuy June 11, 2022, 8:09 pm

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Lost Cities of the Amazon Discovered From the Air

by HistoryBuff May 26, 2022, 10:51 pm

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TIL that 19yo Ed Kranepool played 50 innings of baseball in two leagues in two cities over 1 1/2 days.

by whatilearned May 26, 2022, 5:10 am

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Why there are poor people in America living on streets in world’s best cities and America cannot eradicate poverty on its own land yet spend billions elsewhere?

by QuestionGuy May 22, 2022, 7:36 am

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Window cleaners of Reddit (those in cities that clean the skyscrapers) what’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen on the job?

by QuestionGuy May 21, 2022, 12:27 am

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TIL about Atomgrad, (“Atomic Cities”). Small industrial cities in Eastern Europe set up just to run and support near by nuclear power plants.

by whatilearned May 20, 2022, 12:30 am

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Why don’t cities plant fruit trees and vegetable plants in parks so homeless people could have a least something to eat, aside from the government food programs?

by QuestionGuy April 24, 2022, 11:53 pm

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TIL that some cities in the US have gunfire detection software units fitted around the city to detect shots and alert law enforcement for investigation

by whatilearned April 22, 2022, 7:06 am

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TIL The phrase “If you see something, say something” was created by New York cities MTA in response to 9/11.

by whatilearned April 12, 2022, 11:34 pm

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TIL that the ghost town of Kolmanskop, once a german, diamond-mining settlement in Namibia and one of the wealthiest cities in the world, had a hospital with the first X-Ray unit in the southern hemisphere

by whatilearned April 10, 2022, 2:38 pm

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