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TIL NYC closed 14th street to private cars which led to improved traffic times and more bike ridership

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VBKa8 TIL that there is a legend that the rising sun shines through the two-mile long Victorian railway tunnel in England on the designer's birthday, April 9th.
LQXZP TIL Arica, Chile is the driest city in the World, with an average of 1.8mm (0.07 in) of rain a year. Some places in the surrounding desert have not received rain in over 500 years.
OoZW6 TIL Anthony Kiedis, lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, had a sexual relationship with a 14 year old and wrote the song "Catholic School Girls Rule" about it.
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6Emom TIL that Taylor Swift Re-recorded her own album and produced it under her pseudonym "Nils Sjöberg", under a non-existent cover band, just to make sure that not a single penny goes into the pocket of Scooter Braun, who purchased her work without her knowledge.