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TIL someone secretly built a subway under Broadway, NYC

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dYZ8 TIL that during WW2 a “Bat Bomb” was created. As the bomb descended the bats would warm up and awaken from hibernation. At 1,000 ft. altitude, the bomb would open and 1000+ bats, each carrying a tiny time-delayed napalm incendiary device would emerge.
5V7X9 TIL in Canada (Yukon Territory) you can buy a drink called the Sour Toe Cocktail, which contains an actual alcohol-preserved human toe, for $5.
E1RYx TIL the Herman Behr Mansion, now seen as one of the greatest, if not the greatest Romanesque Revival house in New York, was used as a brothel in the 1950s.
9lbm TIL Robin Williams was sued in 1986 after transmitting herpes to a waitress while cheating on his wife
EgMmp TIL that in 1999, PETA, as part of its McCruelty campaign, attempted to distribute bloody Unhappy Meals to young audiences. They also released a comic book in which Ronald McDonald, Grimace, and the Hamburglar unite to kill Birdie's parents, feed them to her unknowingly, then eat her as well.