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TIL that in New York subways, booth attendants would sprinkle chili powder in coin slots to stop people from “coin sucking”

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DEpp TIL not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
Y7kEr TIL One of the only pieces of Hitler's dream reconstruction of Berlin as Germania is an enormous concrete cylinder in the Tiergarten neighborhood. It's called the Schwerbelastungskörper which translates as "heavy load-bearing body." It was to test the load-bearing capability of the ground.
eK4g TIL the band ‘Blink 182’ was originally called 'Blink’, but upon hearing there was another band called 'Blink’, they renamed their band 'Blink 182’, after the number of times Al Pacino says “f*ck” in Scarface
KBD6 TIL; there was a natural dam made of ice between England and France during the ice age which broke and created an enormous flood; forming the English Channel.
RAeQ TIL Elaine’s father only made one appearance on Seinfeld (in “The Jacket”) because the actor Lawrence Tierney “scared the living crap out of all of us,” said Jason Alexander. He stole a knife from the set and reenacted a scene from Psycho making threatening motions towards Seinfeld.