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TIL that New York City has added over 300,000 new residents since 2010, yet only 50,000 housing units have been approved

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mPwP TIL that today is the birthday of the New York subway. The subway system officially opened on Oct 27 1904 making 110 years old. It was the first rapid-transit subway system in America.
VMNLG TIL most of the Total War franchise's music was composed by Jeff Van Dyck. His wife Angela van Dyck even features in some of Rome Total War's songs like Forever, which plays during the credits and Angela also wrote the lyrics for the song Divinitus, written in quasi-Latin
BgW5x TIL about an edible fungal infection, considered a delicacy by many, which affects corn called Corn Smut
6EYxY TIL that "Dutch courage" is a term for courage gained from intoxication by alcohol. The term dates back to English soldiers fighting in the Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652–1674) who drank gin before battles to calm their nerves.
j6ovn TIL Isaac Newton was also a member of the Parliament of England for Cambridge University in 1689 and 1701, but according to some accounts, his only comments were to complain about a cold draught in the chamber and request that the window be closed