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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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kOKPd TIL that Scottish scientist James Croll, who would go on to revolutionize climate science, got his start by teaching himself physics and astronomy at a university library at night. He was employed there as a janitor.
a86w9 TIL Chicken Katsu was invented in the late 1800s by a Tokyo restaurant that wanted to offer a European-style meat cutlet to British businessmen
9DWm TIL that killing someone to prevent the theft of property is legal in Texas. A jury used that standard to acquit a man who shot a prostitute who ran away with his money in 2013.
0doMy TIL about Brian Peck, a former dialogue coach on kids' shows who was arrested in 2004 for molesting Drake Bell. He was also found to have had close correspondence with the serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
697XW TIL: Around 106 tsunamis are observed in the Great Lakes each year! (although many are too small to notice)