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TIL: The New York JFK Express line ran from 1979-1990 with the famous slogan "take the train to the plane", It ran from Queensbridge 21st Street in Long Island City to Howard Beach-JFK Airport where you then take Bus to the Airport itself. It was discontinued in 1990 due to its lack of riders.

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94kQ TIL Quentin Tarantino’s ‘64 Chevy Malibu was stolen from the set of Pulp Fiction in 1994. It was recovered in 2013.
xDvk TIL in 1961, the captain of a ship named “Bluebelle” killed all its passengers except a young girl who he left for dead in the ship he scuttled, the girl was able to escape and drifted for four days on sea before rescued, the captain later committed suicide upon learning of her survival.
awL6b TIL That the brain can be fooled into seeing colour images, when a coloured grid is overlayed across a black and white image.
woKBE TIL it is illegal for you to pump your own gas in Oregon and New Jersey.
xVAZk TIL After the cancellation of the 1944 Olympics, Polish prisoners of war being held in the Nazi Oflag II-C POW camp staged their own unofficial Olympics games. They made their own flag from a bed sheet, an opening ceremony was held and even a commemorative stamp was printed by the camp post office.