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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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GR8Q TIL a UK customs officer tried to get rid of his wife by waiting until she had gone abroad - and then entering her name into the “Do-Not-Fly List”. She was stranded abroad for 3 years.
Apan TIL that in season 4 episode 2 of Breaking Bad, Badger explains that Venezia’s Pizza doesn’t slice their pizzas “to pass the savings on to you.” This was a response to fan confusion over why the Venezia’s pizza in season 3 episode 2 was not sliced
EgJ1X TIL Art Competitions were held at the Olympics 1912 to 1948. The winners of the competitions were awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals, similar to the winners of the athletic competitions
5Y9KQ TIL JH Kellog, inventor of granola, was estranged from his brother WK Kellogg. JH wrote a letter seeking to reopen the relationship. His secretary decided her employer had demeaned himself in it and refused to send it. The younger Kellogg did not see it until after his brother's death
mxXgx TIL in 1964, Warren Buffett agreed to selling shares of a failing company for $11.50 per share. The written offer was for only $11.375, so Buffett bought more stock, took control of the company and fired the man who made the offer. The company was Berkshire Hathaway.