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TIL it can cost $289,500 a year just for the right to operate a single hot dog cart in Central Park.

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ORp4 TIL Jonah Hill created an animated series in 2011. It lasted seven episodes before being cancelled by FOX and is considered one of the worst animated shows to ever air on television.
Lk0J0 TIL that the term "riding shotgun" comes from the word "shotgun messenger" referring to the guard sitting next to the Stagecoach driver who used a shotgun to ward off robbers and miscreants. This found its way into popular culture through Hollywood's love of Westerns
7rwbZ TIL of Gary Plauche, a man who shot his son’s child molester to death in a Baton Rouge airport in 1984. The incident was captured on video by a news television camera.
pwPA TIL that the Vatican City is named after the hill that it’s built upon, the name of which pre-dates Christianity
mpyR TIL that the Spice Girls’ “Wannabe” is the catchiest pop song in the UK since the 1940s, according to a study. People recognised that song the quickest. Second in the study was “Mambo No 5” by Lou Bega.