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TIL that starting in 2007, the city of New York began paying for a one-way plane ticket for any homeless person as long as they had a relative elsewhere agree to take them in.

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OGemg TIL that the Utroba Cave in Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria was made to resemble female genitalia, and the cave puts on a show with natural light to symbolize fertilization. Historians believe that it was once used as a fertility shrine.
x6Ak5 TIL a study found that 90% of women said penis width is more important than length for sexual satisfaction
a8rry TIL that the Guinness Records for loudest outdoor AND indoor stadium crowd roars are both held by stadiums in the Kansas City area. Arrowhead Stadium at 142.2db outdoors and Allen Fieldhouse at 130.4db indoors.
D1BMp TIL in 2015 Sobe beverages in the US apologised for a joke that backfired. Some customers started voicing their concern after finding "Help me, Trapped in SoBe factory" under the lids of some of their bottles. Turns out the cry for help was intentionally put there by the company as a marketing ploy.
kOLaW TIL that "The Mandalorian" is shot primarily inside 'The Volume', a large array of LED screens that allow the CGI backgrounds to be filmed live, creating realistic settings and shadows.