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

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w7Ao TIL The episode “Heart of Ice,” from Batman: The Animated Series, won an Emmy award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program. It was the series’ second Emmy award (out of the 4 that it won).
j6PbE TIL that "fridge" comes from the brand "Frigidaire", one of the first to sell fridges in the world...
ADpM7 TIL that János Bolyai, one of the discoverers of non-Euclidean geometry, won thirteen pistol duels in a single afternoon, playing his violin between each of them.
4EPo TIL: While fighting in WWI, British soldier Henry Tandley spared the life of a wounded German soldier. The wounded German soldier ended up being Austrian corporal Adolf Hitler.
mpMp TIL that “Horseback riding carries a higher injury rate than motorcycle riding.”