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TIL: Nearly 7% of American newspaper employees now work at the NYTimes

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V8km TIL Classical music is effective at dispersing loitering teens from retail and transportation hubs
R7YK8 TIL In 1907 President Roosevelt sailed into Provincetown Massachusetts harbor, eight battleships in two squadrons formed a lane for the yacht to pass through. His mission was to lay the cornerstone of the Pilgrim Monument.
Oowd7 TIL while walking in Manhattan’s Central Park that each lamppost has a set of numbers at the base. The first 2-3 numbers indicate the closest cross street, and the last number indicates what side of town you’re closest to. An odd number indicates you’re on the west side, and even means east.
APQB TIL that a school had to be shut down after 6th graders sprayed too much Axe, and several kids had to be hospitalised for it.
6EG7Q TIL that the inventor of the Frisbee was cremated and had his ashes made into frisbees. The frisbees were then distributed to family and friends.