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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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Xx0r TIL of an armored vehicle prototype invented by Preston Tucker in 1930s. Tucker Tiger, as it was called, was entirely bulletproof, had air conditioning, and a turret that could rotate 360 degrees. Its maximum speed was 114 mph, but it was rejected by the Army because they felt it was too fast.
rR9pM TIL that in 1913, Trotsky, Stalin, Freud, Lenin, and Hitler were all living in one neighborhood of Vienna at the same time.
W76G9 TIL of of Arnauld Gellis, a medieval french villager who was called into questioning by the inquisition in 1320 because he claimed to be able to see and talk to ghosts and occasionaly help them pass on "to the other side". He described numerous ghost encounters, in vivid detail
pYeVN TIL that between the 1920s to 1970s, many shoe shops were fitted with x-ray machines, or shoe-fitting flouroscopes, that enabled the customer to observe how well their new shoes fit
JElk TIL there is a ‘fake’ townhouse in brooklyn heights that’s actually a ventilation shaft for the subway.