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TIL the avg square feet for apartments in Manhattan has grown over the last 10 years from 721 to 740

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x6POk TIL that the Great Vowel Shift in English is the reason why book and other words with long vowels is pronounced that way instead of It being pronounced “bo-uk”
ADQy7 TIL that the common tumbleweed (Kali tragus), although used in Westerns to symbolize frontier areas of the United States, is actually an invasive plant from Russia. In the 1870s, it appeared in South Dakota when flaxseed from Russia turned out to be contaminated with Kali seeds.
4XxZa TIL that air traffic controllers get a break every 2 hours. When controllers remain "on position" for more than 2 hours without a break, performance can deteriorate rapidly, even at low traffic levels.
WADY TIL that MIT students discovered that by buying $600,000 worth of lottery tickets in the Massachusetts’ Cash WinAll lottery they could get a 10-15% return on investment. Over 5 years, they managed to game $8 million out of the lottery through this method.
M7gGB TIL Bonn was chosen as the West German capital as they felt that locating the capital in a major city like Frankfurt or Hamburg would imply a permanent capital and even weaken support for reunification.