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TIL it can cost over $289,000 for a one-year hot dog stand permit in Central Park.

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g6Dy TIL that Ice-T is responsible for the infamous line “… I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain’t one”, not Jay-Z.
gMydb TIL of Juan Garrido, an African conquistador who was involved in the conquest of Mexico with Hernán Cortés and was the first recorded farmer of wheat in the Americas
BrpYK TIL that the “ah-choo” sound people make when sneezing is a cultural learned behavior. For example, in the Phillipines they instead say “ha-ching”, the Japanese say “hakashun”, and deaf people don’t add any sounds at all.
woEJ8 TIL that in the early 1900s, the daily horse manure production in New York City reached as much as 1,200 tons, leading to the establishment of a specialized army of horse-drawn carts for removal.
E77o TIL Nike founded and oversees an ultra-elite running group, with state of the art equipment such as underwater treadmills, and whose athletes live in a specially designed house where filters remove oxygen so the athletes develop more red blood cells in a simulated high-altitude environment.