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TIL that 740 Park in Manhattan is currently home to the highest concentration of billionaires in the country.

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R1p7 TIL: There was a man named Robert Willner who stuck his finger with HIV infected blood in an attempt to prove that AIDS is not caused by HIV retrovirus.
E1LJd TIL Andy Warhol was one of six artists to secretly send their drawings on a mission to the Moon, and he drew a penis. So there is literally a dick pic on the Moon right now.
ADd1x TIL Los Angeles has an abandoned subway system
9YxKM TIL One of the all-time boxing greats was a 5'7 tall fighter called Sam Langford who other ring legends like Jack Dempsey wouldn't fight cause of his power. He fought until the age of 43, at which stage he was nearly completely blind.
xVN8w Saturn is home to some of the strongest winds in the solar system, with wind speeds of over 1,100 miles per hour and thanks to these strong winds and also auroras, Saturn’s atmosphere is “so warm.”