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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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8MDV TIL the pilots of the Looking Glass (the always-airborne doomsday command center) were originally required to wear an eye patch to protect one eye from blindness in the event of a surprise nuclear strike.
R5l84 TIL that "One step beyond" by 70s-80s UK band Madness is a cover of a 1964 song by artist Prince buster (Cecil Bustamente Campbell)
RVE7 TIL: After 4 weeks of training, Zappos offers all new employees $2,000 to quit.
nWWko TIL that there are more Lebanese descendants in Brazil than people living in Lebanon
4kbPa TIL that Uzbekistan has a high-speed (>124 mph/200 km/h for upgraded tracks and >155 mph/250 km/h for new tracks) rail network bigger than US, 370 mi/600 km vs 49.9 mi/80.3 km