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TIL Brooklyn's Cobble Hill Tunnel is the oldest subway tunnel in the world. It was closed in 1861 and forgotten for over 100 years. In 1980 it was rediscovered by a local college dropout named Bob Diamond.

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Qa7a TIL NHLer Bobby Baun clinched 1 of his 4 Stanley Cups with a broken ankle, and played his career ending game with a broken leg when a skate cut his neck. Found hemorrhaging by the bus and carried to the hospital by Tim Horton, he was placed next to his wife who was giving birth to their 3rd son.
Lkx69 TIL that the first ever speeding ticket was issued to Walter Arnold on the 28th of January 1896 in Kent, England. He was blitzing through the town at 8mph (4 times the legal limit), was chased for 5 miles by a police officer on a bicycle, and was fined 1 shilling when he was finally caught.
VxXQ TIL that Fujitsu made a device called the “iPAD” in 2002. Apple had to pay $4 million to Fujitsu to buy the trademark.
YpxYv TIL that in the last days of WW1, the Germans blew up all the French factories, bridges and railways they could and flooded the mines in France's most industrial area. This was the reason why France asked reparations from Germany, French economy needed that to survive after what the Germans had done
JrEm TIL a nurse in Florida reported seeing the 9/11 hijackers in the hospital she worked at. She reported this to the FBI and was subsequently fired from her job.