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TIL that in 1910 Manhattan had 34% more people than in 2000.

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0w0OR TIL there is a robust black market for Tide laundry soap, with drug dealers accepting it as payment and shoplifting rings finding it more lucrative and less legally risky than other illegal schemes.
b6MZZ TIL that the Mobro 4000 was a garbage barge that departed New York with 3,000 tons of trash in 1987. It gained national headlines as it traveled the coast looking for a place to unload after being rejected by six states and three countries. It finally unloaded five months later… in Brooklyn.
Pnng TIL The hormones released when breastfeeding, helps shrink the uterus back to its pre-pregnancy size faster
PnVZ TIL that there’s a satirical news website in Romania called “Times New Roman”
Meylm TIL painting zebra stripe patterns on cattle reduces the number of biting flies by up to 50%