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TIL there's a hidden network of abandoned subway tunnels beneath New York City

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p75N TIL in 2004, an activist from The Yes Men falsely claiming to represent Dow Chemicals was interviewed by BBC, claiming Dow had agreed to a $12 billion settlement for victims of the 1984 Bhopal, India chemical disaster (in which 3,000 peopl died). Dow lost $2 billion in the ensuing stock selloff.
v10W8 TIL that Kobe Bryant won an Oscar.
7raWp TIL The first openly gay doll, Gay Bob, was launched in 1977. He had a pierced ear and his box was shaped like a closet.
R5dyw TIL the inventor of the fire hydrant is unknown because the patent was lost in a fire too.
ADmXl TIL: That the West Country Dialect is the closest form of English to the original Saxon language