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TIL each year NYC Taxicab Drivers pose for a calendar, and the photos are humorous.

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JElk TIL there is a ‘fake’ townhouse in brooklyn heights that’s actually a ventilation shaft for the subway.
NNLP TIL that during the attack on Pearl Harbor the USS Aylwin, with only 50% of her crew and under the command of an Ensign, made it out of the Harbor and was able to effectively engage the enemy. She remained under the command of the Ensign for over a day while she conducted combat patrols.
xd1w TIL about the Tetris effect, in which people who play Tetris for extended periods of time start seeing falling tetris blocks in their sleep as well as regularly identifying tetromino shapes in their everyday life, such as the layout of boxes on supermarket shelves or patterns on certain buildings.
D1K4P TIL ‘WhatsApp’ takes down 250,000 accounts every month suspected of spreading child sex abuse material, based on the names of groups and profile pictures
Lkoyv TIL that the city of Liverpool in the UK has successfully boycotted News Corp's "The Sun" newspaper for 30 years after proven false and sensationalised reporting of the city's Hillsborough stadium disaster.