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TIL about Wind Phones: unconnected telephone booths world-wide where people can hold conversations with deceased loved ones.

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R7GP1 TIL There are more skyscrapers in New York City than all of Europe combined. NYC has 290, Europe has 218.
9Bb6 TIL the Super Bowl has required national anthem vocals to be pre-recorded since 1993 when Garth Brooks declined to pre-record and then refused to sing live until a dispute over debuting a music video during the game could be settled, resulting in a delayed kickoff.
loQ9a TIL: While working at Atari, Steve Wozniak designed the driving arcade game GRAN TRACK 10. Years later he found a pizza parlor that offered a free pizza for anyone who could get a score over 36. After winning two pizzas the restaurant removed the game.
wLAr8 TIL During the terrifying cholera epidemic of 1835–1836, the island of Sardinia was the only Italian region to escape cholera, thanks to surveillance by armed men who had orders to prevent, by force, any ship that attempted to disembark persons or cargo on the coast
PYVPG TIL Scientists believe that by 2050 the Dead Sea will be so salty that the salt will block water from evaporating, leaving a small pool of slimy sludge. Sinkholes that keep appearing around it, may prevent any permanent solution to its replenishment.