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TIL that the cost of a taxi permit in NYC is around $1,000,000

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b9mj9 TIL pillow fights are banned at West Point after one pillow fight left 30 freshmen cadets injured, including 24 diagnosed with concussions.
D1AMY TIL in China they can count to ten using just one hand using a type of sign that everyone uses. 6 is the western 'hang loose' gesture. 7 a snake head, 8 a finger gun, nine an index finger hook and 10 a cross or closed fist.
9wA1Q TIL the daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Marie-Thérèse, was Queen of France for 20 minutes, the time between Charles X signing his abdication in favor of her husband and her husband, Louis Antoine, signing his abdication in favor of his nephew. Despite that, Louis Philippe became king.
X06Ok TIL F. Scott Fitzgerald created football's "Two Platoon System," with different offensive and defensive players; before giving Michigan Coach Fritz Crisler the idea in 1945, the same players played both sides of the ball. As a freshman, the 135-pound Fitzgerald didn't make Princeton's team.