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TIL there is a ‘fake’ townhouse in brooklyn heights that’s actually a ventilation shaft for the subway.

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ReMl TIL of Bill Macumber legal case who was accused of murdering of 2 people. But another man confessed the crime to his lawyer - before dying in a fight. Because of attorney-client privilege, the lawyer’s testimony was not presented, and Bill Macumber went to jail for 37 years.
W7RMA TIL in the aftermath of the 1912 Regina Cyclone, where a tornado touched down in Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28 people, a touring theatrical troupe who'd stopped there helped rebuild after the event, one of whom was a young actor named Boris Karloff.
yQDRM TIL that it was USA who fired the first shots in the Pacific War
4X07J TIL the United States conducted an underground nuclear test that didn't stay underground. The fallout from the underground test spread over Nevada and into California. Two workers eventually died from the radiation.
gNxD TIL of the Asian brown cloud, a layer of air pollution that appears over South Asia and the Indian Ocean every year between January and March when there is no rain to wash pollutants from the air. Nearly two million people die each year, in India alone, from conditions related to the brown cloud.