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TIL Thanks to skyrocketing real estate prices, Manhattan gas stations are worth much more than the money the owner can make selling gas.

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1ajWd TIL in 2005 a nonverbal man found wandering the streets was taken into care. When first given access to a piano, he played anything from Tchaikovsky to the Beatles non-stop for four hours. It took four months of media attention to reunite him with his family
awVO0 TIL the idea that carrots promote better vision was a misinformation campaign by the British during WWII. They were the first to use onboard radar technology to shoot down enemy plains in complete darkness. They spread the idea that carrots gave their soldiers "night vision" to hide the tech.
9RLQ TIL that a 62-foot statue of Jesus built by a megachurch in Ohio was destroyed when it was struck by lightning and caught on fire.
GYwoE TIL of Kinsley a small town in Kansas that's 1,561 miles (2,512 km) away from both New York City and San Francisco
QJXJe TIL you don't need to wait 24 hours to file a missing person's report and that this is a common myth.