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TIL the trash chute in the luxury Manhattan skyscraper at 432 Park Ave is an uninterrupted 1400 foot drop. Trash dropped from the upper floors falls at speeds reaching 170 mph (274 kph). Residents of the billion-plus dollar building complain that trash bags hitting bottom sound like bombs going off.

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Brb6K TIL that a man survived in a capsized boat at the bottom of the ocean for 60 hours in complete darkness.
5ay8 TIL The CDC attributes the high rates of AIDS in Black communities to the DownLow lifestyle of gay black men that reject the Gay & LGBT as being white concepts. Non-Disclosure of male sex is a key factor in HIV transmission to black women; black men are less likely to know their infection status.
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