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TIL despite how TV shows and movies depict it, New York only has a few alleys. Almost every alley scene is shot at the same location: Cortlandt Alley

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v1VNR TIL of Grigori Perelman, a Russian mathematician and the only person to have solved a Clay Millennium Prize problem for which he declined the $1 million prize. Grigori Perelman also declined mathematics' most prestigious award, the Fields Medal.
78gNZ TIL that (as of 2022) 55.33% of Earth is Asian
nWWmb TIL that in 1934, a German man named Gerhard Zucker attempted to deliver mail by loading it onto a rocket and firing it at a Scottish island. Both times he attempted this, the rocket exploded and much of the mail was destroyed.
4XA7a TIL Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD, could not imagine anyone using the drug recreationally due to its intense and introspective nature.
yVWel TIL of The Phoebus cartel. It was an international cartel that controlled the manufacture and sale of light bulbs in much of Europe and North America. The cartel tested their bulbs and fined manufacturers for bulbs that lasted more than 1,000 hours.