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TIL NYC rents have increased 75% since 2000, while median income has decreased 5%

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5VlZD TIL that frozen pierogis can’t be cooked in the microwave just on their own, and that’s why my stomach is upset.
10nP TIL scaphism was a form of ancient punishment where the victim was tied and force-fed a rich diet of honey and milk, and then left in the sun. He developed diarrhea, while his accumulated excretions attracted flies and insects who then fed upon the victim’s exposed flesh.
DQ8Dv TIL of James Sligo Jameson, heir to Jameson’s Whisky, who paid the price of 6 handkerchiefs to watch a 10 year old girl be eaten by cannibals.
ep99E TIL: Actor Karl Malden (born Mladen Sekulovich) always regretted changing his name. Whenever possible, he would insert "Sekulovich" into his work as the name of side or background characters.
nbyr TIL the phrase ‘duck’, used in cricket to mean a score of zero, is short for 'duck’s egg’, referring to the shape of the number. 'Goose-egg’ is prevalent in U.S English while the French equivalent 'l'oeuf’ (egg) is the origin of 'love’, meaning zero in tennis.