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TIL that there is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting for the reconstruction of the old Penn Station, as it was from 1910-1963.

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vP0Dx TIL Paul Robeson was an African American lawyer, stage actor (in New York and London), singer, and pro athlete, who won 15 letters in four varsity sports at Rutgers, was elected Phi Beta Kappa and became his class valedictorian after earning a scholarship at age 17 in 1915
awx1M TIL of “Black Monday” which was a stock market crash in 1987. The Dow Jones fell 22.6% and worldwide losses were estimated at $1.7 trillion.
6MY8 TIL lego bricks can be used 37112 times before they lose their clutch power and won’t stick to other pieces anymore
grON8 TIL since only five triple rainbows had been reported to science in the previous 250 years, many scientists had written them off as myths. The first photographic proof of a triple rainbow did not appear in a scholarly publication until 2011.
Br44y TIL 75 years ago, WWII ended in 1945. 75 years before that, the American Civil War ended in 1865.