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TIL that the city of Cincinnati had an abandoned subway that had it’s construction halted in 1928.

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W9gd TIL at the 1945 Postdam Conference, Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin couldn’t agree on who should enter the door to the meeting room first. After much debate, they settled on an agreeable plan: They switched to a different room so they could enter at precisely the same time using 3 separate doors.
n68o TIL when dogs defecate and urinate, they prefer to align their body axis with Earth’s north-south geomagnetic field lines.
XPJR TIL all knots reduce the strength of the rope in which they are tied, generally by 20% to 40% of the unknotted strength.
wMKP TIL that there is a record player that substitutes lasers for the needle, which prevents damage to the vinyl.
9wPMm TIL in a rare move for a large corporation, SC Johnson voluntarily stopped using Polyvinylidene chloride in saran wrap which made it cling but was harmful to the planet. They lost a huge market share.