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rR6mW TIL that Seneca Village, a community composed mainly of free black people, was destroyed in the 1850s to make way for New York City's Central Park
wL0GM Today I learned that Al Capone Ran a Soup Kitchen During the Great Depression
oG7o TIL there is an island in the Scottish Hebrides that is owned entirely by its people. With a population of 83, the Isle of Eigg has been owned by its community since being bought in 1997, after decades of issues with absentee landlords, and generates 100% of its electricity using renewable energy
4X9Yo TIL How streets, roads, and avenues are different and what the names mean. Road runs between two distant points — two towns, for example. Street applies to urban roadways.
9wvrm TIL that the US' control of the Helium supply during the war, caused the Hindenburg to use Hydrogen (which is much more combustible) instead and indirectly contributed towards its demise.