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TIL That Alfred Ely Beach constructed the first NY subway in secret, under the nose of corrupt politician William “Boss” Tweed. AND he did it in only 58 days

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ne5Ed TIL that CNN hires there “guests” and pays them to have an opposing belief so as to have a good fight on tv.
4X4Do TIL Chuck E. Cheese’s full name is Charles Entertainment Cheese, and he’s an orphan. He never knew when his birthday was, that’s why he celebrates other kid’s birthdays.
R5D4Q Today I learned that Broadclub cuttlefish can hypnotize their prey
wAp1 TIL Peanut butter in Dutch is called “Peanut cheese” because the word butter is only supposed to be used with products that contain actual butter.
16pwr TIL about Adelir Antônio de Carli, a Brazilian priest and skydiver who strapped himself to a chair with 1000 balloons to break a cluster-ballooning world record. Only the lower half of his body was ever recovered.