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TIL light bulbs in the New York City subway system screw in "backwards" (i.e. with left-handed threads) so people won't steal them to use at home.

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69MEl TIL that the lead singer of the Village People was straight, and he was married to Phylicia Rashad (Clair Huxtable from The Cosby Show)
ANLag TIL 400 cables under the ocean provides all the internet to entire world
X0kVR TIL Long-haul flights has secret rest area above the main cabin for flight attendants so that they can rest. The rest area has seven or eight beds, and occasionally a separate bathroom as well. They can also enjoy in-flight entertainment.
VM81k TIL: America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer who set forth the then revolutionary concept that the lands that Christopher Columbus sailed to in 1492 were part of a separate continent.
WkLjY TIL Walt Disney World is 40 square miles, making it the same size as San Francisco and 2x the size of Manhattan.