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TIL that less than 30% of NYC subway stations are ADA compliant.

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b9YJQ TIL that the 'B' in the word 'doubt' is included to keep its original latin form 'doubitare' which is also the root for the word 'double' thus to imply the state of being double minded.
16Kgr TIL: There's a prison in South Korea that helps overworked Koreans unwind and relax
VGo0 TIL a Texas minister set himself on fire and died in the hopes of inspiring social justice. The act drew little attention.
X0Ad6 TIL that Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia were cousins and exchanged conciliatory personal telegrams as World War I broke out between their countries. The messages were in informal English (a language they shared), signed “Willy” and “Nicky”.
KOAZR TIL Bobby Fischer who is considered the greatest chess champion of all time lived the last 16 years of his life as a fugitive after the U.S government put a warrant out for his arrest for violating a trade embargo against Yugoslavia by participating in a chess match there.