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TIL that because of superstition surrounding the events of the movie The Taking of Pelham 123, dispatchers avoid allowing trains to depart Pelham Bay Park at 1:23, AM or PM.

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6EgwJ We are going to the moon again to make It a gas station for outer space. "The plan is to break down the lunar ice into hydrogen and oxygen and use those as the fuel propellant."
JOkV TIL Pluto is smaller than Russia
dODr TIL MLK told 60 Minutes that “A riot is the language of the unheard”
EgKZo TIL Robert A. Wardhaugh, a Canadian historian is known as host of the longest uninterrupted Dungeons & Dragons campaign; going on for 42 years. "Perhaps 3 weeks has been the longest we've ever gone without a session".
4wMX TIL WWE Wrestler Glenn Jacobs a.k.a Kane gives economic classes to students in his spare time.