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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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b6E6E TIL About Amedeo I of Spain, king for two years, after a couple armed uprisings, an independence war, assassination attempts and political deadlocks he willingly abdicated, leading to the establishment of the Spanish republic, declaring that "Spanish people were ungovernable".
ADjr4 TIL as a young boy Yuri Gagarin (first man in space) had his village occupied by nazis, his family forced to work while living in a 3 by 3 meter mud hut for 21 months, saw his little brother being hanged (but saved by his parents) and his two older siblings deported for slave labor (who escaped).
ne54P TIL that the Dail Up Tone you used to hear when connecting to the internet is actually two machines (modems) communicating with one another
w9OJ TIL there are six US states in which you can sue a person for having an affair with your spouse that ends your marriage.
Me600 TIL Over 90 percent of Mexico’s businesses are “microenterprises,” small-scale operations with workers or owners completely dependent on each day’s earnings. During the pandemic, Mexico City’s food mercados remain open, taco stands serve customers, and mariachis still come out, in order to survive