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TIL Seneca Village, a predominately middle class black neighborhood, was demolished to make room for Central Park

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5Vmy9 TIL that Mary is the only woman mentioned in the Quran by name, 34 times.
KRyJ TIL Humans’ and Dogs’ brains have evolved to understand each others’ vocalizations to some degree, including dogs understanding human laughter.
panA TIL that Sergey Tuganov died after winning a £3,000 bet that he could have sex with 2 women continuously for 12 hours. He used an entire bottle of Viagra and dies from a heart attack
nWojr TIL the village of Monowi in Nebraska has a population of one. 88yo Elsie Eiler is the sole resident, serving as (self-elected) mayor, tavern owner, treasurer, clerk, secretary and librarian. The 2020 census recorded the population as 2, but this was due to a voter privacy measure.
Jjom TIL in 1985, the writers of Sesame Street decided that the adult characters needed to be shown to believe Big Bird about Snuffleupagus due to concerns that if they did not, children would fear that adults/parents would not believe them about an adult abusing them if they told.