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TIL Robert Moses, who developed much of New York City, deliberately built overpasses that couldn’t accommodate city buses in order to keep poor minorities from being able to access his beach developments.

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8eB8K TIL that Olympic silver medalist and former World champion figure skater Michelle Kwan currently serves as the U.S. ambassador to Belize
9bnQ TIL in the 1990s, Steve Wozniak, one of the founders of Apple, submitted so many high scores of the classic Gamboy game Tetris to Nintendo Power magazine that they eventually refused to print them. He then began sending them under the name “Evets Kainzow.”
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J1A0Q TIL about the Teddy bear toss, a popular Christmas season promotion at junior ice hockey and minor league hockey games. Fans are encouraged to bring teddy bears and throw them on the ice when the home team scores its first goal. The toys are gathered donated to hospitals and charities.