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TIL New York City has entire fake buildings that act as vents for the underground subway

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ADLnB TIL France is poorer than every US state except for Mississippi
myJy TIL that for 150 years, whenever a new heir was born to the Annheiser-Busch brewing family, they would be fed five drops of Budwiser before even having their mothers milk
QNrpL TIL that there are 2,797 stars on Hollywood's "Walk of Fame".
bQYQ TIL there are 1,584 people in the US names Seven, but virtually none named Six.
4XAew TIL in 2003 the smoke from large bushfires in Canberra, Australia formed a Cumulonimbus Flammagenitus. Essentially the fire created its own supercell storm, complete with lighting and forming an F3-rated fire tornado. The tornado and associated fire killed 4 people and injured 492 others.