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TIL construction on the 2nd Ave Subway started in 1972 but was halted in 1975 due to NYC's fiscal crisis. It resumed in 2007 where 1.8 miles of track cost $4.45 & a planned 1.5 mile will cost $ 6 billion. One expert stated that the Phase 1 project was the most expensive subway project in the world.

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WkVR4 TIL that blond is for men but blonde is for women.
0wMdN TIL that when they started Apple, the amount of memory to hold a song cost about a million dollars.
RWr7 TIL Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawing, “Coition of a Hemisected Man and Woman”, illustrates the Medieval notion that sperm comes from the brain. [NSFW]
WkVk8 TIL that human’s trophic level (or place on the food chain) is a mere 2.2 on a 1-5 scale, with apex predators such as lions and great white sharks at a 5. We rank even with pigs and anchovies.
ADDJg In 2011, my partner and I moved to New York. Straight from Austria without knowing what to expect.