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TIL an abandoned water tower on top of a vacant New York City building was turned into a secret rooftop speakeasy. Accessible by ladder from below, the cozy nightclub featured live music and drinks.

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rNkbe TIL that the largest cavalry charge in history happened at the Turkish seige of Vienna. Commanded and led by the King of Poland, 18,000 German and Polish horsemen charged at the Turkish line, destroying the invading Ottoman army. The battle is thought to have ended the Islamic invasion of Europe.
R7PG6 TIL the lowest form of accommodation in Victorian England was access to bend over a rope for the night for the price of a penny. It is said to be the origin of the term "Hungover".
gMab9 TIL a Jewish woman saved her own life and her sister's life in a German concentration camp by playing Chopin so beautifully that the commanding officer declared "She shall live."
ANRW7 TIL that Disney tried to change the film "Dead Poets Society" to be about dancing instead of poetry, and to rename it "Sultans of Swing".
vox8 TIL Physicists were able to cool atomic gas below absolute zero at which point it displayed dark-energy like properties and seemingly defied gravity