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TIL More people lived in Manhattan in the early 1900s than live there today.

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mxw0x TIL about the Singing Revolution which was a series of events between 1987 and 1991 in the Baltic States which incorporated the singing of patriotic songs as a method of protest against the Soviet Union. These events would ultimately result in the Baltic State gaining their independence.
Vg0Z TIL The Japanese have been into monster trading card games since the Edo Period (starting in 1603)
6veW TIL For as long as NYC can remember, there have only been 2 days in NYC when no shootings, stabbings, or slashings were reported. These two days occurred in 2012 and 2013.
MR0B TIL the US ZIP Code 12345 belongs to the main corporate campus of General Electric. GE receives thousands of Santa letters each year from kids believing it would make most sense for Santa’s workshop to have 12345 as his ZIP code.
Z89ZD TIL the pinching force of "29 coconut crabs collected from the northern part of Okinawa Island" in Japan "ranged from 29.4 to 1765.2 N." "During our field study," write the researchers, "obtaining data for analysis was challenging, as the large claws of this crab pinched us on multiple occasions."