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TIL there is an abandoned subway station under City Hall in New York that no train stops at but that you can see in passing if you take the number 6 train

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8aom8 TIL Russia has a system of inland waterways linking its northern ports on the Baltic Sea and Arctic Sea to the Black Sea. Called the Unified Deep Water System of European Russia
xVp9B TIL that the floating valve in toilets is called a "ballcock". Further, the man that invented its name is Thomas Crapper.
woXKM TIL in 1981 Chicago mayor Jane Byrne moved into the crime ridden Cabrini–Green public housing project in an attempt to improve its reputation. Despite having bodyguards she left just a few weeks later, furthering the public perception of Cabrini–Green as the "worst of the worst" in the city.
P1Yan TIL that one of the discoveries proving plate tectonics were a thing, was figured out because of magnets the US ships were using to detect submarines.
9dYG TIL that after his role in The Pursuit of Happyness, Will Smith learned to solve a Rubik’s cube in 55 seconds.