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TIL that Wall Street gets it's name from the wall built around the Dutch colony in New York

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NVL1 TIL that the quietest room in the world is so quiet, you can hear your own organs work, and causes hallucinations within 30 minutes.
Oog7Y TIL "Wrong Way" Corrigan "accidentally" made an unauthorized transatlantic flight from New York to Ireland instead of California claiming navigational error. Unlike Lindburgh's fancy plane, Corrigan self installed so many "ugly" extra fuel tanks he could barely fit or see out of the cockpit.
O9MX TIL Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created by retailer Montgomery Ward for a coloring book they gave away during the holiday season.
5YwVn TIL of Vin Mariani, a coca (cocaine) wine created in the 1860s; the wine exported to the US had a higher cocaine content than what was sold in Europe to better compete with similar products. Popes Leo XIII and Saint Pius X , US President Grant, and Thomas Edison were all advocates of the wine.
pY69Q Today I Learned that your fingernails and toenails can grow at different speeds depending on which hand is your dominant hand, and a whole bunch of other factors.