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TIL in the early 80s there was a wheat field in downtown NYC

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4DZo TIL that one reason Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t celebrate birthdays because the only two accounts of birthday parties in the Bible ended in murder.
R7dN4 TIL that Michael Jordan has been responsible for making more than 175 wishes come true for the Make-a-Wish Foundation
XExKQ TIL Bryan Fuller, creator of the Hannibal TV show, grew up in a region called the Lewis Clark Valley that was stalked by an actual serial killer. He says adults knew who the killer was but no one stopped him
ekZ4 TIL….about Richard McNair, a prisoner placed in the federal supermax facility in Colorado because he had previously escaped 3 times, including when he successfully mailed himself out of jail in a package.
yVX1p TIL more people have climbed Mt Everest than the smallest mountain in the world (Mount Wycheproof)