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TIL that the NYC government intentionally cheated on lead tests in public schools, leading to false passing grades and allowing millions of children to drink water laced with lead and heavy metals for years and years (they continue to drink contaminated water to this day).

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B5Eb TIL of the ‘Highest Court in the Land (USA)’, a basketball court on the fifth floor of the Supreme Court Building which is three floors above the Supreme Court.
QN9rM TIL: The New York JFK Express line ran from 1979-1990 with the famous slogan "take the train to the plane", It ran from Queensbridge 21st Street in Long Island City to Howard Beach-JFK Airport where you then take Bus to the Airport itself. It was discontinued in 1990 due to its lack of riders.
b9QwN TIL that the Richter scale, used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake, is logarithmic, meaning every whole-number increase in the scale indicates a tenfold increase in the intensity.
xYo7 TIL that Aerosmith made more money from Guitar Hero than any of their albums.
ne0B7 TIL Mali discovered America ~180 years before Columbus.