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TIL that New York City in the 70s was known as “Fear City” and a very blunt tourist notice was displayed in order to keep tourists from ending up in dangerous situations.

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B9Qb TIL Marilyn Monroe’s mother was schizophrenic, which caused Marilyn to live in several foster homes and orphanages. In two of these, she was sexually assaulted by the foster father. When she was 16, her foster family married her off to keep her from going back to foster care when they moved
J1Pkv TIL the USS New York was partially constructed from steel salvaged from the ruins of the World Trade Centers
4Xw7a TIL that new discoveries seem to indicate that in prehistoric times, women often hunted just as much as men
D1wdj TIL about 20,000 year-old fossilized human footprints that were discovered in Australia. Those footprints indicated that the man who made them was running at the speed of a modern Olympic sprinter, which he did by running on sand while being barefooted.
R7MAl TIL that while he often said "my dear Watson" and "elementary", Sherlock Holmes never actually said the often used quote "Elementary, my dear Watson".