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TIL that Cincinnati has a “ghost” subway - a set of tunnels and stations that were built but never used

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5Zkp TIL flim critic Roger Ebert was quoted saying “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments. One of these involves a dog-like robot humping the leg of the heroine. Such are the meager joys of this film.“
80OV TIL Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times, and it is one of the oldest cities in the world.
EZrW TIL there is a theory of evolution that suggests that mushrooms played an important role in separating the Homo Erectus from the less evolved ape. The Stoned Ape Theory
kvM4 TIL NY State Assembly member Steve Katz was pulled over for speeding when he was found with marijuana. He received 20 hours of community service, a $75 fee, and his ticket was reduced to a parking violation.
QJRVe TIL Candice Bergen was in constant competition as a child with her father's ventriloquist doll to the opint where the doll had a bigger bedroom and in her father's will the doll got $10,000.... Candice Bergen got nothing