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TIL that in 1978, and architecture student discovered the Citigroup Center in NYC was susceptible to strong winds due to it being on stilts. Renovations to address the issue were done during a newspaper strike at night while employees were at home. This work was largely unkown unknown until 1995!

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oRBnY TIL of MLB player Oscar Gamble. Perhaps one of the things he is most known for is saying “They don’t think it be like it is, but it do”. This quote was about the Yankees’ circus-like atmosphere and disorganization, and has been called one of baseball’s immortal lines.
8a0wP TIL The first email attachment ever sent was on March 11, 1992, by Nathaniel Borenstein, "the father of the file attachment". The creation of this technology (co-created by Ned Freed) was to fulfill Borenstein's desire to one day be able to receive pictures of future grandchildren via email.
DkND TIL that Charles Darwin sat on his theories about evolution for nearly 20 years, until Alfred Wallace discussed his own theories of evolution with mutual friends who pressed Darwin to publish so as to establish his priority in the concept
l7Wl7 TIL about the Munich conference. British PM Chamberlain agreed to cede a portion of Czechoslovakia in return for Hitler's guarantee that he had no further territorial ambitions. On his return, he famously declared "Peace for our time". Five months later, Hitler invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia.
n8xY TIL in the original novel Dracula, Count Dracula could turn into a wolf.