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TIL the original Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963) in New York enabled direct rail access to New York City from the south for the first time. It was considered a masterpiece of the Beaux-Arts style and one of the great architectural works of NYC. Its loss galvanized the historic preservation movement

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xO9b TIL There is a Indian village which celebrates each girl child by planting 111 trees
xYKB TIL that the craving to eat non-nutritive things like ice, chalk and dirt is symptomatic of a condition/disorder called pica
8ebM8 TIL Barnes & Noble is flourishing and opening new locations.
R5aGj TIL that the term "electricity" is derived from the Greek word "elektron," which means "amber." This is because amber is a type of fossilized tree resin that can produce static electricity when it is rubbed with a cloth.
4Vp6 TIL in 1996, a Norwegian man became the first to cross Antarctica, 1,864 miles - coast to coast, alone and completely without support. In 2001, he completed the first solo crossing of the Arctic, from Siberia to Canada via the North Pole, in 82 days.