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Did you know...

... that the Chambers Street station was once called "easily one of the most decrepit stations" in the New York City Subway system?
... that though the Offerman Building is only eight stories high, its tall ceilings once made it one of the tallest buildings in Brooklyn?
... that The Connor Brothers were believed to be two 20-something artists from Brooklyn, but are actually two British art dealers from London?
... that Leon Trotsky frequented a Jewish dairy restaurant in the Bronx but refused to tip, and the waiters retaliated by spilling hot soup on him?
... that both Tim Walz and JD Vance were accused of sanewashing in the 2024 vice presidential debate?
... that All Nations Baptist Church in New York City is primarily associated with ethnic Koreans of the former Soviet Union?
... that during World War II, pilot G. E. Clements was removed from training for secret missions associated with the Manhattan Project when senior officers realized she was a woman?
... that one NYPD captain called the 1973 Brooklyn hostage crisis the "birthplace of hostage negotiation"?

Updated: 21:05, 24 April 2025