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b6lpa TIL of Strivers' Row, a district of Harlem, NYC, whose houses were built in the 1890s. The houses sat empty for more than 20 years because at first the owner would only sell to white people, but by the 1920s the area had become the leading district for upper-middle class black families.
eO6E TIL of Stanley Meyer’s water powered car, mysterious death, and final words: “They poisoned me!”
690PQ TIL that scientists at Stanford University have developed a smart toilet that reads your anus like a fingerprint and monitors the health of your poop and pee. The lead researcher said, "We know it seems weird, but as it turns out, your anal print is unique."
awdA9 TIL, Elliott Rodger's complaints about so-called "rejections" from women as his excuse for a killing rampage in 2014, we're actually a perception he had that manifested after doing what others would call 'self-rejecting' and being 'closed off' from society.
6Kaw TIL that the TV show “Curb Your Enthusiasm” was chosen by therapists as the best show to help schizophrenics learn social skills